trousers

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ldoce_754_ztrou·sers /ˈtraʊzəz $ -ərz/ ●●● S2 noun [plural] especially British English  DCCa piece of clothing that covers the lower half of your body, with a separate part fitting over each leg 裤子 SYN American English pants His trousers were slightly too short. 他的裤子有点短。 I need a new pair of trousers for work. 我需要一条上班穿的新裤子。 —trouser adjective [only before noun] The tickets are in my trouser pocket. 票在我的裤子口袋里。 → wear the trousers at wear1(7), → catch somebody with their trousers down at catch1(6)5 FREQUENCY 使用频率

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trousers• He won't have a woman in the shop if she's got trousers on her and he sees her.• She blushed charmingly and held her trousers tip with her right hand.• I watched Claude stuff himself into his trousers.• Carlo is wearing a large, double-breasted linen jacket and non-matching royal blue linen trousers over a slate-grey T-shirt and stone shirt.• The wind struck my face, got into my sleeves, under my collar, up the legs of my trousers.• I may be killed for saying this but I suspect the new Focus will be all marketing and no trousers.• If you want to buy a flamboyant pair of trousers, go ahead!pair of trousers• Willis came to the front door dressed only in a pair of trousers.• I was patching a pair of trousers.• A pair of trousers lay across the back of a chair and his pyjamas were stuffed untidily beneath the pillow.• A pair of trousers now costs 95 colones.• Accompanying the burials were textiles-felt, wool, silk and cotton-which included a rather amazing pair of trousers.• If you want to buy a flamboyant pair of trousers, go ahead!• Flaubert's housekeeper made Julio a coat out of an old pair of trousers.• She had one pair of trousers, and she couldn't put them on again until they were dry.Origin trousers (1600-1700) trouse “trousers” ((14-19 centuries)), from Scottish Gaelic triubhas

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trousers
trou‧sers S2 /ˈtraʊzəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural] especially British Englisha piece of clothing that covers the lower half of your body, with a separate part fitting over each leg
   SYN  pants American English:
    His trousers were slightly too short.
    I need a new pair of trousers for work.
—trouser adjective [only before noun]:
    The tickets are in my trouser pocket.
⇨ wear the trousers at wear¹(7), ⇨ catch somebody with their trousers down at catch¹(6)

🔑 trou·sersBrE /ˈtraʊzəz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtraʊzərz/ 🔊 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually pants) noun [plural]

a piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately 裤子◆a pair of grey trousers一条灰裤子◆I was still in short trousers (= still only a boy) at the time. 我那时还在穿着短裤呢（还只是个小男孩）。🔊🔊◆He dropped his trousers. 他脱了裤子。🔊🔊▸ trou·ser BrE /ˈtraʊzə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtraʊzər/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] ◆trouser pockets裤兜●catch sb with their ˈpants down (BrE also catch sb with their ˈtrousers down) (informal) to arrive or do sth when sb is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation 使突陷窘境；乘人措手不及；出其不意；冷不防●wear the ˈtrousers(BrE) (NAmE wear the ˈpants) (often disapproving) (especially of a woman 尤指女人) to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions （在婚姻等关系中）处于支配的位置，起指挥的作用