pants
英 [pæn(t)s]
美[pænts]
- n. 裤子
中文词源
pants 裤子
缩写自pantaloons.
英英释意
- 1. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately;
- "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
- 2. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by women;
- "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"
英文词源
- pants
- pants: [19] Pants is short for pantaloons, a term used since the 17th century for men’s nether garments. The word originated in the name of a character in the old Italian commedia dell’arte, Pantalone, a silly old man with thin legs who encased them in tight trousers. English took the word over via French pantalon, and began to use it for ‘tight breeches or trousers’.
In American English it broadened out to ‘trousers’ generally, whence the current American use of pants for ‘trousers’. British English, however, tends to use the abbreviation for undergarments, perhaps influenced by pantalets, a 19th-century diminutive denoting ‘women’s long frilly drawers’. - pants (n.)
- trousers, 1840, see pantaloons. Colloquial singular pant is attested from 1893. To wear the pants "be the dominant member of a household" is first attested 1931. To do something by the seat of (one's) pants "by human instinct" is from 1942, originally of pilots, perhaps with some notion of being able to sense the condition and situation of the plane by engine vibrations, etc. To be caught with (one's) pants down "discovered in an embarrassing condition" is from 1932.
同义词辨析
jeans, pants, slacks, shorts, trousers
这些名词均含有"裤子"之意。
jeans： 指劳动布裤或牛仔裤。
pants： 常用词，在美国，泛指各类裤子，在英国指衬裤或短裤。
slacks： 美国指比较宽松的便裤，英国人指妇女外面穿的长裤。
shorts： 指短裤或裤衩。
trousers： 指长裤，用于较正式场合。
考试真题
- If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts, or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers: "Because it's right.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- Would you like to see those pants in brown and navy blue?
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- Grey pants made from pure cotton
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- Fashionable pants in bright colors.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- Something to match her brown pants
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- Do you think you'll be able to get this ink stain out of my pants?
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- These designers established the modern dress code, letting playsuits and other active wear outfits suffice for casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occ
2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
词组搭配
catch someone with their pants (或trousers) down
(informal)catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state
(非正式)在某人尴尬不备时逮个正着
fly (或drive) by the seat of one's pants
(informal)rely on instinct rather than logic or knowledge
(非正式)凭直觉做事
scare (或 bore etc.) the pants off someone
(informal)make someone extremely scared, bored, etc.
(非正式)把某人吓得魂不附体（或使某人感到特别乏味）
实用场景例句
- a pair of pants
- 一件内裤
牛津词典
- a new pair of pants
- 一条新裤子
牛津词典
- ski pants
- 滑雪裤
牛津词典
- Their new CD is absolute pants!
- 他们的新光盘绝对是次货！
牛津词典
- Do we have to watch this pants programme?
- 我们非要看这种烂节目吗？
牛津词典
- I put on my bra and pants.
- 我戴上乳罩，穿上内裤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
- 他身着棕色灯芯绒裤子和白色棉衬衫。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The place is pants, yet so popular.
- 那个地方很糟糕，却很受欢迎。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- You'll bore the pants off your grandchildren...
- 你会把孙辈们烦透的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We all love to frighten the pants off ourselves by going on hair-raising rides at funfairs.
- 我们都喜欢乘坐游乐场那些让人毛发直竖的游乐设施，把自己吓得魂不附体。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He rushed out in pants.
- 他穿着短裤就冲出来.
《简明英汉词典》
- Catherine the Great was apparently an imperial hot pants.
- 叶卡捷琳娜二世显然是个风流女皇.
期刊摘选
- Fingers are pretty nifty. They let you a latte a keyboard, even pull up your pants.
- 手指非常灵巧, 他们帮你拿咖啡,打字, 或是拉裤子.
期刊摘选
- Mr. Jay wears the pants in that family.
- 那家由杰伊先生当家.
《简明英汉词典》
- Mum, Tom is bad . He did his number two in the pants.
- 妈, 汤姆不乖,他把尿撒到裤子里去了.
《用法词典》
- Pilots in the early days of aviation flew by the seat of their pants.
- 在人类从事航空的初期,飞行员全凭直觉飞行.
《简明英汉词典》
- He wore an outlandish outfit of pink pants and green sneakers.
- 他穿了一套稀奇古怪的衣装,粉红色裤子、绿色旅游鞋.
《简明英汉词典》
- Your pants are dirty.
- 你的裤子脏了.
《简明英汉词典》
- She had ants in her pants ever since she won that ticket to Bermuda.
- 她自从赢得那张前往百慕大的机票后一直急于启程.
《简明英汉词典》
- Anyone can tell that she wears the pants in that family.
- 任何人都看得出她是那个家庭中掌权的人.
《简明英汉词典》
- My new pair of pants is being altered.
- 我的新裤子正在修改.
《简明英汉词典》
- After the devastating attack on its military bases, the country was determined not to be caught with its pants down a second time.
- 军事基地遭受破坏性袭击之后, 该国下决心再不会被人打个措手不及.
《简明英汉词典》
- I've known him since he was in short pants.
- 我从他小时候就认识他.
《简明英汉词典》
- a pair of pants
- 一件内裤
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- I think we caught them with their pants down. They're a bit confused.
- 我觉得我们让他们下不了台了。他们有点不知所措。
柯林斯例句