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culottes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cu·lottes /kjuːˈlɒts $ kjʊˈlɑːts/ noun [plural]  DCCwomen’s trousers which stop at the knee and are shaped to look like a skirt 〔女用的〕裙裤
Examples from the Corpus
culottesBut they can keep the dressy culottes and pantsuits as long as they are part of a coordinated outfit.Under that boldly amused scrutiny, her smart white gabardine culottes suddenly failed to cover quite enough bare, slender brown leg.C Longer-length culottes are made from two layers of voile so they have a floaty, sheer effect without being at all see-through.A one-piece red culottes suit given by former Eastenders star Anita Dobson has still to be sold.The culottes are very full and have a comfortable, elasticated waistband.She uncurled her legs, determinedly smoothed down the neat white culottes, and stood up.They can wear a sweatshirt or blouse, with culottes or sweat pants.
Origin culottes (1800-1900) French cul bottom, ass
cu·lottes nounChineseSyllable
stop and are trousers women’s which Corpus at the knee


culottes
culottes /kjuːˈlɒts $ kjʊˈlɑːts/ noun [plural]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: cul 'bottom, ass'
women’s trousers which stop at the knee and are shaped to look like a skirt


cu·lottesBrE /kjuːˈlɒts/ 🔊NAmE /kuːˈlɑːts/ 🔊 noun [plural] women's wide short trousers/pants that are made to look like a skirt 裙裤a pair of culottes一条裙裤