| 单词 | pants |
| 释义 | pantsWord family nounpantiespants Clothes pants1 /pænts/ ●●● S3 noun [plural] → smartypants1 especially American EnglishAmEDCC a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg （长）裤子 SYN British English trousers She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater. 她穿着深蓝色长裤和白色毛衣。 2. British EnglishBrEDCC a piece of underwear that covers the area between your waist and the top of your legs 短内裤 SYN American English underpants → knickers, briefs, boxer shorts 3 bore/scare etc the pants off somebody informal spokenLOT/VERY MUCH to make someone feel very bored, very frightened etc 把某人烦死/吓死等 She always bores the pants off me. 她总是让我厌烦透顶。 Examples from the Corpus bore/scare etc the pants off somebody• Though, mind you, it scares the pants off poor old Crumwallis.• The tests scare the pants off many managers.• It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage, with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary.• He wasn't interested in the heavy political stuff which bored the pants off most people.• Lovely people who scared the pants off him. 4. beat the pants off somebody American EnglishAmE spoken to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition 〔比赛中〕轻易打败某人 SYN thrash Examples from the Corpus beat the pants off somebody• He is aware of his competitors-and he beats the pants off them.• She beat the pants off me last time we played. 5 somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time American EnglishAmE spokenSAME used to say that someone is just like everyone else 某人也是个普通人 Go on, ask him for his autograph – he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do. 去吧，跟他要一个签名——他和你一样，没什么特别的。 6 (since somebody was) in short pants British EnglishBrE informalYOUNG since someone was a very young boy （自从某人）还是小孩，未成年 → 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) I’ve known Eric since he was in short pants. 埃里克很小的时候我就认识他了。 Examples from the Corpus pants• The thrift men wear absurd combinations of checkered pants and checkered polyester jackets with wide lapels.• When he opens his pants, they sigh.• He whacked his pants leg with the dowel.• And doesn't she look cheeky in those figure-hugging pants.• Tony Rich, wearing a fleece-trimmed black jacket with black satin pants and a derby.• The tests scare the pants off many managers.• Though, mind you, it scares the pants off poor old Crumwallis. pants2 adjectiveadj [not before noun] British EnglishBrE spoken informal very bad 极坏的，糟糕的 The concert was pants. 那场音乐会糟透了。 (1800-1900) pantaloons |
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