breeches

• n. 马裤（裤脚束紧长及膝部的裤子）；炮尾（breech的复数）
• v. 给…穿上裤子；打…的屁股；以驻退索缚牢（breech的第三人称单数）

词源同break, 分开。形容马裤的形状。

1. trousers ending above the knee

breeches

breeches: [OE] The theoretical singular of this word, breech, comes from a form which in Old English was plural – brēc. Its unrecorded singular, which would have been *brōc, came from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *brōks. The word’s ultimate origin is not known, although some connect it with break; and it is possible that it was borrowed early on into Gaulish as brāca, the probable source of English bracket. The Old Norse descendant of the Germanic form, brók, was not only partly responsible for the Scottish version of breeches, breeks, but is also the source of brogue.
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breeches (n.)

c. 1200, a double plural, from Old English brec "breeches," which already was plural of broc "garment for the legs and trunk," from Proto-Germanic *brokiz (cognates: Old Norse brok, Dutch broek, Danish brog, Old High German bruoh, German Bruch, obsolete since 18c. except in Swiss dialect), perhaps from PIE root *bhreg- (see break (v.)). The Proto-Germanic word is a parallel form to Celtic *bracca, source (via Gaulish) of Latin braca (aource of French braies), and some propose that the Germanic word group is borrowed from Gallo-Latin, others that the Celtic was from Germanic.

Expanded sense of "part of the body covered by breeches, posterior" led to senses in childbirthing (1670s) and gunnery ("the part of a firearm behind the bore," 1570s). As the popular word for "trousers" in English, displaced in U.S. c. 1840 by pants. The Breeches Bible (Geneva Bible of 1560) so called on account of rendition of Gen. iii:7 (already in Wyclif) "They sewed figge leaues together, and made themselues breeches."

a pair of breeches

一条半长裤

牛津词典

riding breeches

马裤

牛津词典

...riding breeches.

马裤

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The breeches are the latest trend for pants.

裤子方面的最新流行是马裤.

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My wife wears breeches in the family.

我们家是妻子当家.

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Undercoat, asas furnishings on breeches and underside of tail, may be lighter shades the dominant color.

内被毛如同四肢和尾部内侧, 可能是遗传上显性的微淡一些的颜色.

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Lily : The uniform and the breeches he was wearing are both on display.

展出的是他当时穿过的军装和马裤.

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Every fashionably dressed gentleman of England and America had his knee breeches made of China cotton.

每一个穿著时尚的英美两国绅士都有中国棉制的及膝短裤.

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The reins and the breeches of the groom are glittering white.

车夫的缰绳和裤子也又亮又白.

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His breeches , his white rubber shoes and his jauntily slung waterproof expressed youth.

他的马裤, 那双雪白橡胶鞋,以及洒脱地甩在肩上的雨衣,都焕发着青春.

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Buckskin breeches or shoes.

鹿皮裤,鹿皮鞋.

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Most of them had breeches like the man who was carrying the keg.

他们大都穿著和那扛着桶子的男人相同的短裤.

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It is Mrs. smith, not Mr. smith, who wear the breeches in that family.

在那家里当家的不是史密斯先生, 而是史太太.

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It was artificial, with padded, large shoulders, sleeves and breeches.

肩部 、 袖子及裤子都加有人工衬垫.

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She has an inclination to wear the breeches.

她总想支配丈夫.

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He was naked to the hips, his velveteen Breeches slipping down over his slender loins.

他的上身全裸着, 那棉裤子在他的瘦小的腰际悬着.

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The basic forms of jacket, vest, and breeches developed slowly.

上衣 、 背心 、 马裤的基本式样发展很缓慢.

《简明英汉词典》

Mrs. Costello wears the breeches in that house.

科斯特洛家是太太掌权.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Have you seen my dark brown breeches?

你看见了我的深棕色裤子 吗 ?

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Breeches reaching down to the knees. Used only in the plural.

齐膝短裤长及膝盖的短裤(只用于复数形式)

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When she was made monitor, she soon got too big for her breeches.

她一当上班长, 马上就目中无人了.

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Trousers; a form of breeches . A lso heard in northern E ngland.

意为“裤子, 长裤或一种马裤”. 此词在英格兰北部也有使用.

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Trumpeters: Red tunic, helmet crest and plume, white breeches and waistbelt, silver trumpet with gold cords.

号手: 红色上衣, 红色的头盔装饰和羽毛, 白色马裤和腰带, 金色饰带装饰的银色号角.

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The boy put on his breeches and went out for a ride.

男孩穿上马裤,出去骑马了.

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a pair of breeches

一条半长裤

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