trousers
noun/ˈtraʊzəz/
/ˈtraʊzərz/
(especially British English) (North American English usually pants)
[plural]Idioms - a piece of clothing that covers the lower body and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately
- a pair of grey trousers
- Doug was wearing black trousers and a blue shirt.
- baggy/tight/cropped trousers
- linen/leather/corduroy trousers
- tracksuit/pyjama trousers
- He dropped his trousers.
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona1- He quickly pulled on his trousers and a T-shirt.
- Boys used to be dressed in short trousers until they reached adulthood.
- a woman in a smart pair of black trousers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- baggy
- …
- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- drop
- …
- bottoms
- leg
- …
- in trousers
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers.
Idioms
See trousers in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycatch somebody with their trousers down (British English)
(also catch somebody with their pants down)
- (informal) to arrive or do something when somebody is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation
wear the trousers (British English)
(North American English wear the pants)
- (often disapproving, becoming old-fashioned) (especially of a woman) to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions
- It's obvious who wears the trousers in that family!
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