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pantaloons

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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pan·ta·loons /ˌpæntəˈluːnz/ noun [plural] old-fashioned  DCClong trousers with wide legs, that become tight at the bottom of your legs 马裤
Examples from the Corpus
pantaloonsHe was wearing old plaid trousers, over-large and loose as pantaloons, and tied at the ankles with string.Old amahs in black pantaloons lit joss sticks in wayside temples, and prayed for prosperity.The tail of her shirt hung outside a pair of patched and baggy cotton pantaloons.The men came dressed in plumed hats, capes, and Elizabethan pantaloons.Some still wore knee breeches, but tightly-fitting pantaloons buttoned round the ankle over the white silk socks were permitted.But his pantaloons and enormous royal feet have survived, improbably, down the centuries.She gingerly lifted her skirt to reveal perhaps twelve inches of heavily embroidered, ankle-tight white pantaloons.
Origin pantaloons (1600-1700) French Pantalon Pantaloon, character in a humorous play who wore such pants, from Old Italian Pantaleone
pan·ta·loons nounChineseSyllable
legs, become that Corpus long wide trousers tight with


pantaloons
pantaloons /ˌpæntəˈluːnz/ noun [plural] old-fashioned
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: Pantalon 'Pantaloon', character in a humorous play who wore such pants, from Old Italian Pantaleone
long trousers with wide legs, that become tight at the bottom of your legs


pan·ta·loonsBrE /ˌpæntəˈluːnz/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpæntəˈluːnz/ 🔊 noun [plural] women's loose trousers/pants with wide legs that fit tightly at the ankles 女式灯笼裤(in the past) men's tight trousers/pants fastened at the foot (旧时的)男式紧身裤,马裤