knickerbocker
/ˈnɪkəˌbɒkə(r)/noun
1
- ( knickerbockers) loose-fitting breeches gathered at the knee or calf（小腿或膝盖处扎紧的）灯笼裤。
2
- ( Knickerbocker) a New Yorker纽约人。
2.1
- a descendant of the original Dutch settlers in New York纽约初期荷兰移民的后代。
派生词
knickerbockered
adjective词源
mid 19th cent. (originally in sense 2)： named after Diedrich Knickerbocker, pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809). Sense 1 is said to have arisen from the resemblance of knickerbockers to the knee breeches worn by Dutch men in Cruikshank's illustrations in Irving's book.