trousers

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trousers

trousers [noun]
US /ˈtraʊ.zɚz/ 
UK /ˈtraʊ.zəz/ 
Example: 

She was wearing dark blue trousers and a white sweater.

a piece of clothing that covers the lower half of your body, with a separate part fitting over each leg SYN pants American English

trousers - شلوار
Persian equivalent: 

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Example: 

She was wearing dark blue trousers and a white sweater.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
trousers
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

trousers

 (British) (American pants) noun (plural)
a piece of clothing for your legs and the lower part of your body:
Your trousers are on the chair.

grammar
Be careful! You cannot say 'a trousers'. You can say a pair of trousers: I bought a new pair of trousers or: I bought some new trousers.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

trousers

trou‧sers S2 /ˈtraʊzəz $ -ərz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] especially British English
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: trouse 'trousers' (14-19 centuries), from Scottish Gaelic triubhas]
a 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)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trousers

trou·sers   [ˈtraʊzəz]    [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
• a pair of grey trousers
• I was still in short trousers (= still only a boy) at the time.
• He dropped his trousers.
see catch sb with their trousers down at  catch  v., wear the trousers at  wear  v.
Derived Word: trouser
See also: pants  
Word Origin:
[trouser trousers] early 17th cent.: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers.  
Example Bank:
• He disapproves of women in trousers.
• He dropped his trousers in a rude gesture.
• He quickly pulled on his trousers and a T-shirt.
• I was still in short trousers at the time.

• I was still in short trousers= still only a boy at the time.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

trousers / ˈtraʊ.zəz /   / -zɚz / noun [ plural ] ( US Usually pants )

A1 a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of the body from the waist to the feet, consisting of two cylinder-shaped parts, one for each leg, that are joined at the top:

I need a new pair of trousers to go with this jacket.

Why aren't you wearing any trousers, David?

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

trousers

/traʊzə(r)z/

Note: The form 'trouser' is used as a modifier.

1.
Trousers are a piece of clothing that you wear over your body from the waist downwards, and that cover each leg separately. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pants)
He was smartly dressed in a shirt, dark trousers and boots...
Alexander rolled up his trouser legs.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

2.
to wear the trousers: see wear

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

trousers

trou·sers /ˈtraʊzɚz/ noun [plural] : pants 1
all mouth and no trousers
- see 1mouth
wear the trousers
- see 1wear
with your trousers down Brit informal : in an embarrassing situation
• another CEO caught with his trousers down [=(US) with his pants down]
- trou·ser /ˈtraʊzɚ/ adj always used before a noun
• a trouser leg

British English
A1 (Basic)
noun
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pants

pants [noun]
US /pænts/ 
UK /pænts/ 
Example: 

She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.

a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg SYN trousers

pants - شلوار
Persian equivalent: 

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Example: 

She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
trousers
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
Related lesson(s): 
3C- Talking about clothes and possessions
درس مرتبط: 
3C- Talking about clothes and possessions

Oxford Essential Dictionary

pants

 noun (plural)

1 (British) (American panties, underpants) a small piece of clothing that you wear under your other clothes, around the middle of your body to cover your bottom  same meaning knickers, underpants:
a pair of pants

2 American English for trousers

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pants

I. pants1 S3 /pænts/ BrE AmE noun [plural]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: pantaloons]
1. especially American English a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg SYN trousers British English:
She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.
2. British English a piece of underwear that covers the area between your waist and the top of your legs SYN underpants American English ⇨ knickers, briefs, boxer shorts
3. bore/scare etc the pants off somebody informal spoken to make someone feel very bored, very frightened etc:
She always bores the pants off me.
4. beat the pants off somebody American English spoken to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition SYN thrash
5. somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time American English spoken used to say that someone is just like everyone else:
Go on, ask him for his autograph – he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do.
6. (since somebody was) in short pants British English informal since someone was a very young boy:
I’ve known Eric since he was in short pants.
⇨ do something by the seat of your pants at ↑seat1(10), ⇨ catch somebody with their pants down at ↑catch1(6), ⇨ wear the pants/trousers at ↑wear1(7)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pants

pants   [pænts]    [pænts]  noun

plural
1. (BrE)  underpants or knickers

• a pair of pants

2. (especially NAmE) trousers
• a new pair of pants
• ski pants

see also  cargo pants

3. (BrE, slang) (also used as an adjective) something you think is of poor quality
Syn:  rubbish
• Their new CD is absolute pants!
• Do we have to watch this pants programme?
more at have ants in your pants at  ant, catch sb with their pants down at  catch  v., (fly) by the seat of your pants at  seat  n., wear the pants at  wear  v., wet your pants/knickers at  wet  v.
Idiom: bore/scare the pants off somebody 
Word Origin:
[pants] mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of pantaloons.  
Example Bank:
• He was so frightened that he wet his pants.

• a brown vest with matching pants

 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

pants / pænts / noun [ plural ]

pants

B1 UK →  underpants

See picture clothes 3

A1 US for trousers:

a pair of pants

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pants

/pænts/

1.
Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the top to hold them up round your waist or hips. (BRIT; in AM, usually use underpants)
I put on my bra and pants.
= knickers
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

2.
Pants are a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of your body and each leg. (AM; in BRIT, use trousers)
He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

3.
If you say that something is pants, you mean that it is very poor in quality. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The place is pants, yet so popular.
N-UNCOUNT

4.
If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot. (INFORMAL)
You’ll bore the pants off your grandchildren...
PHRASE: v PHR [emphasis]

5.
If you fly by the seat of your pants or do something by the seat of your pants, you use your instincts to tell you what to do in a new or difficult situation rather than following a plan or relying on equipment.
PHRASE: V inflects

6.
to wear the pants: see wear
 

pant

/pænt/
(pants, panting, panted)

If you pant, you breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open, because you have been doing something energetic.
She climbed rapidly until she was panting with the effort.

VERB: V
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

pants

pants /ˈpænts/ noun [plural]
1 chiefly US : a piece of clothing that covers your body from the waist to the ankle and has a separate part for each leg
• a pair of pants [=trousers]
• short/long pants
• a pants leg
- sometimes used in the singular form pant especially before another noun and in clothing catalogs
• a pant leg
• a classic khaki pant = (more commonly) classic khaki pants
- see color picture 
2 Brit : underpants 1
ants in your pants
- see ant
by the seat of your pants
- see 1seat
keep your pants on US informal
- used to tell someone to be patient
• “Aren't you ready to leave yet?” “Keep your pants on! I'll be ready in a minute.”
the pants off informal
- used for emphasis after words like charm, scare, frighten, bore, and beat
• He can charm the pants off anybody. [=he is very charming]
• She scared the pants off us [=she scared us very badly] when she phoned at 3 a.m.
• The meeting bored the pants off me.
• The home team beat the pants off the visiting team last night.
wear the pants
- see 1wear
with your pants down US informal : in an embarrassing or unprepared position
• The clinic now maintains an adequate supply of vaccine so that it won't be caught with its pants down if there is a flu outbreak two years in a row.

American English
A1 (Basic)
noun
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