trousers

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trousers

trousers [noun]

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

US

/ˈtraʊ.zɚz/

UK

/ˈtraʊ.zəz/

شلوار

مثال:

She was wearing dark blue trousers and a white sweater.

او یک شلوار سرمه ای و ژاکت سفید پوشیده بود.

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

معادل فارسی:

شلوار

مثال انگلیسی:

She was wearing dark blue trousers and a white sweater.

او یک شلوار سرمه ای و ژاکت سفید پوشیده بود.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

trousers

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

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?

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

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pants

pants [noun]

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

US

/pænts/

UK

/pænts/

شلوار

مثال:

She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.

او یک شلوار سرمه ای و ژاکت سفید پوشیده بود.

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

معادل فارسی:

شلوار

مثال انگلیسی:

She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.

او یک شلوار سرمه ای و ژاکت سفید پوشیده بود.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

trousers

سطح:

A1 (پایه)

Region:

American English

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

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.