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    jeans

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    jeans /dʒiːnz/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [plural]  DCCtrousers made of denim (=a strong, usually blue, cotton cloth) 粗斜纹蓝布裤，牛仔裤
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    jeans• Her hair looked dishevelled, as did the sweatshirt and jeans she was wearing.• If blue jeans become more popular, prices should rise to encourage the clothing industry to start pumping out more denim.• The child was a girl, wearing corduroy jeans and a red jersey.• As she pulled on a pair of faded jeans and a sweatshirt, she made another decision.• He dressed like a willful teenager, favoring jeans so tattered you could see his boxer shorts through them.• Flare jeans with retro touches 7.• Then she sees Rainbow's cast-off shirt at the foot of the stairs, tangled in a heap with Anya's jeans.• He came into the bus station wearing jeans and a big smile.    Origin jeans (1800-1900) jean “strong cotton cloth” ((15-21 centuries)), from Gene, early form of the name Genoa, Italian city where the cloth was first made
    jeans nounChinese
    cotton Corpus usually blue, cloth) trousers strong, made (=a denim of


    jeans
    jeans /dʒiːnz/ noun [plural]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: jean 'strong cotton cloth' (15-21 centuries), from Gene, early form of the name Genoa, Italian city where the cloth was first made

    trousers made of denim (=a strong, usually blue, cotton cloth)


    🔑 jeansBrE /dʒiːnz/ 🔊NAmE /dʒiːnz/ 🔊 noun [plural]
    trousers/pants made of strong cotton, especially denim 牛仔裤；粗斜纹棉布裤◆a faded pair of blue jeans一条退了色的蓝色牛仔裤  ➡  see also denim ORIGIN From Janne, the Old French name for Genoa, where the heavy cotton now used for jeans was first made. 源自古法语 Janne，即 Genoa（热那亚），牛仔裤用的粗棉布始产于此地。