knickers

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knick·ers /ˈnɪkəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]  1  DCC British English a piece of women’s underwear worn between the waist and the top of the legs 女用短裤 SYN panties a pair of frilly knickers 一条荷叶边短裤 →4  See picture of 见图 UNDERWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 underwear2. American EnglishDCC knickerbockers 灯笼裤3. (don’t) get your knickers in a twist British English spokenUPSET used to say that someone is upset, or to tell someone not to get upset (别)感到不快，(不必)恼火

Examples from the Corpus

knickers• And if they are from Yorkshire, they are five times less likely than most women to wear knickers underneath.Origin knickers (1800-1900) knickerbockers

knick·ers nounChineseSyllable  

worn the women’s underwear of waist and a Corpus between piece

knickers
knick‧ers /ˈnɪkəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]1. British English a piece of women’s underwear worn between the waist and the top of the legs
   SYN  panties:
    a pair of frilly knickers
2. American English knickerbockers
3. (don’t) get your knickers in a twist British English spoken used to say that someone is upset, or to tell someone not to get upset

knick·ersBrE /ˈnɪkəz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɪkərz/ 🔊 noun [plural] (BrE) (also pan·ties NAmE, BrE ) a piece of women's underwear that covers the body from the waist to the tops of the legs 女式短衬裤◆a pair of knickers一条女式短衬裤(NAmE) = knickerbockers ▸ knick·er BrE /ˈnɪkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɪkər/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] ◆knicker elastic（女用）短衬裤松紧带●get your ˈknickers in a twist(BrE, slang) to become angry, confused or upset 恼火；困惑；烦闷●ˈwet yourself●wet your ˈpants/ˈknickers [no passive] to urinate in your underwear by accident 尿裤子