pants
noun /pænts/
/pænts/
[plural]Idioms 内裤;短裤 - a pair of pants
一件内裤
Collocations Dictionary… of pants- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- drop
- …
- bra and pants
- a pair of pants
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裤子 - a new pair of pants
一条新裤子 - ski/sweat/dress pants
滑雪/运动/服装裤 - a brown vest with matching pants
棕色的背心与配套的裤子 - I start patting at my pants pockets.
我开始拍我的裤子口袋。 - She rolled up her pant legs.
她卷起裤腿。 - She wore a pair of baggy khaki pants and a black t-shirt.
她穿着一条宽松的卡其布裤子和一件黑色t恤。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- corduroy
- …
- pair
- unbutton
- undo
- unzip
- …
- leg
- suit
- …
- in pants
- a new pair of pants
- (British English, slang) (also used as an adjective
) something you think is of poor quality也用作形容词 synonym rubbish次品;劣质品 - Their new album is absolute pants!
他们的新专辑简直是垃圾! - Do we have to watch this pants programme?
我们非要看这种烂节目吗?
- Their new album is absolute pants!
词源mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of pantaloons.
Idioms
bore, scare, etc. the pants off somebody
- (informal) to make somebody extremely bored, frightened, etc.
把…烦死(或吓死等)
(fly) by the seat of your pants
- (informal) to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful
synonym wing it临时凭感觉碰运气;凭经验瞎碰
catch somebody with their pants down
(British English also catch somebody with their trousers down)
- (informal) to arrive or do something when somebody 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
have ants in your pants
- (informal) to be very excited or impatient about something and unable to stay still
焦躁不安;坐立不安
wear the pants (North American English)
(British English wear the trousers)
- (often disapproving) (especially of a woman
) to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions尤指女人 (在婚姻等关系中)处于支配的位置,起指挥的作用 - It's obvious who wears the pants in that family!
那家谁当家显而易见!
- It's obvious who wears the pants in that family!
wet your pants/knickers
(also wet yourself)
- [no passive] to urinate in your underwear by accident
尿裤子 - He was so frightened that he wet his pants.
他害怕得尿湿了裤子。
- He was so frightened that he wet his pants.