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    knickerbockers

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    knick·er·bock·ers /ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz $ ˈnɪkərˌbɑːkərz/ noun [plural]  DCCshort loose trousers that fit tightly at your knees, worn especially in the past 〔尤指旧时穿的膝部扎紧的〕灯笼裤    Origin knickerbockers (1800-1900) Diedrich Knickerbocker, name invented by Washington Irving for the supposed writer of his History of New York (1809), who is shown in the book wearing such pants
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    knickerbockers
    knick‧er‧bock‧ers /ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz $ ˈnɪkərˌbɑːkərz/ noun [plural]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: Diedrich Knickerbocker, name invented by Washington Irving for the supposed writer of his History of New York (1809), who is shown in the book wearing such pants
    short loose trousers that fit tightly at your knees, worn especially in the past


    knick·er·bockersBrE /ˈnɪkəbɒkəz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɪkərbɑːkərz/ 🔊 (NAmE also knick·ers) noun [plural] short loose trousers/pants that fit tightly just below the knee, worn especially in the past （尤指旧时穿的膝下扎紧的）灯笼裤