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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]内裤 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.
[also a pair of N]
[BRIT 英]
I put on my bra and pants.
我戴上乳罩,穿上内裤。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 underpants
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]裤子 Pants are a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of your body and each leg.
[also a pair of N]
[AM 美]
He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
他身着棕色灯芯绒裤子和白色棉衬衫。
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 trousers
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]劣质品 If you say that something is
pants, you mean that it is very poor in quality.
The place is pants, yet so popular.
那个地方很糟糕,却很受欢迎。
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[PHRASE 短语]使…(烦)得要死;把…(吓)得要命 If someone bores, charms, or scares
the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
[v PHR]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You'll bore the pants off your grandchildren...
你会把孙辈们烦透的。
We all love to frighten the pants off ourselves by going on hair-raising rides at funfairs.
我们都喜欢乘坐游乐场那些让人毛发直竖的游乐设施,把自己吓得魂不附体。
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[PHRASE 短语]凭感觉;凭直觉 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.
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to
be caught with one's
pants down→see: catch
;
to wear the pants
→see: wear
;