pants

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/pænts/    /pænts/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. Australia,Canada,India,New-Zealand,Northern-England
    — “But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wear pants: to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country, pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”
  2. plural of pant form-of,plural
  3. An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. UK,plural,plural-only
    — I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière.
  4. Rubbish; something worthless. UK,plural,plural-only,slang
    — You're talking pants!
动词 v.
  1. To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
    — Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.
  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of pant form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person
形容词 adj.
  1. Of inferior quality, rubbish. UK,slang
    — Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?

词形变化

pant attributive more pants comparative most pants superlative pantses present,singular,third-person pantsing participle,present pantsed participle,past pantsed past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-énts
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?
Proto-Hellenic *pánts
Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)
Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.
Italian Pantalonebor.
French pantalonbor.
English pantaloon
English pantaloons
English pants
Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
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