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Definition of trousers in English: trousers(also a pair of trousers) plural noun ˈtraʊzəzˈtraʊzərz An outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg. Example sentencesExamples - Many men had suits made to measure with two pairs of trousers as the coats and waistcoats usually outlasted one pair of trousers.
- She opened it and pulled out a few pairs of trousers and gowns and stuffed them into a valise under her bed.
- If you are going away for a few days then I would advise taking a basic piece of bottom clothing (ie a pair of trousers or a skirt) and lots of different tops.
- In the fall, a flat loafer, heavy tights, and a nice pair of trousers is a sharp look.
- For example, two dissimilar jackets, two pairs of trousers, two distinctive shirts and two neckties can be combined in sixteen different ways.
- To measure the length of your inseam, lay a pair of trousers that fit you well flat on the table as aforementioned, and measure them from the top of the inner pant leg seam to the opening at the bottom of the leg.
- I changed out of my road clothes into a clean pair of trousers and a light blouse.
- The ordinary clothing of Afghani men is a rather baggy pair of trousers with a draw-string at the waist, and a loose, long-sleeved shirt reaching about to the knees.
- Dyana nodded again and the lady pulled out a small shirt and a pair of trousers, along with a tunic.
- Each member of emergency staff will be fitted for the uniform, with a full set of several shirts, pairs of trousers, shoes and socks costing £400.
- He muttered darkly about his outraged modesty as he threw on a crumpled white shirt and a black pair of trousers before heading downstairs to the sitting room.
- Wearing only a linen shirt and a pair of trousers, she pulled her cloak from a nearby chair and wrapped it around her shoulders.
- I zoom upstairs to pull on a jumper and pair of trousers.
- I looked around and grabbed a pair of trousers that actually fit me and a purple shirt, and also some undergarments.
- But weeks later, a package arrived direct from the designer containing two pairs of trousers, two shirts, dress shoes, trainers and a belt.
- It contains my books of poetry, two shirts, two pairs of trousers, a pair of slippers, toothpaste and a brush.
- Why bother wearing a shirt if you aren't going to put a decent pair of trousers on?
- I have 10 pairs of trousers and 20 shirts hanging in my wardrobe.
- He was a very young man in a plain pair of trousers and an old shirt.
- Her hair was brushed and gleaming, her white jumpsuit had been exchanged for a pair of trousers and a huge coat, both in dark blue.
Synonyms slacks North American pants British informal trews, strides, kecks Australian informal daks Australian & South African informal rammies dated reach-me-downs, unmentionables
Phrases informal Be the dominant partner in a relationship. there's no doubt who'll wear the trousers in that house Example sentencesExamples - After months of fighting and bickering, Emily and Adam settled for friendship, though it was always clear that Emily was the one wearing the trousers in their relationship.
- Mother wore the trousers in our family, and I can still see her before me in her elegant dresses or painting her fingernails.
- And we all know who wears the trousers in that household.
- But my grandmother, who wore the trousers, used to tell him to shut up and stop talking rubbish, so we never got to ask him exactly how they were related.
- IT'S astonishing how many men like to pretend we wear the trousers in our relationships when, deep down, we know we don't.
- Is it just his feeble attempt to ensure that I know he is the boss and the one who wears the trousers?
- Mia liked to wear the trousers in their relationship.
- I wear the trousers in this relationship and I always will.
- We're still trying to work out who wears the trousers, even now.
- The Oscar-winning star blasted reports she wears the trousers in her marriage to Chris and insisted they were equals who complement each other..
Derivatives adjective He moved back close to me and started stroking my trousered thigh up and down, up and down, gently, absent-mindedly. Example sentencesExamples - As one would expect from his earlier dramatic studies of Berlin and New York, his bumper book of Shanghai is neither the work of a ragged trousered philanthropist, nor easy reading for the rabid metropolitan booster.
- Robson indicates a trousered leg: ‘I've got terrific knees, ankles and hips - no arthritis.’
- As a bar, it is filled with the kind of pretentious black-clad idiots and big - trousered skatekids I live to meet.
Origin Early 17th century: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers. Scottish Highlanders and Irishmen once wore a trouse or trouses, a kind of knee-length shorts whose name came from Irish triús or Scottish Gaelic triubhas. The same words gave us trews (mid 16th century), once similar to the trouse but now close-fitting tartan trousers as worn by some Scottish regiments. In the early 17th century people started calling the trouse trousers, on the analogy of drawers (probably from their being things that you pull or draw on). Until the end of the 18th century men in Europe wore tight breeches—looser trousers were adopted by the working classes during the French Revolution, and the style imported to Britain by dandies like Beau Brummell. The dominant member of a married couple wears the trousers now, and has done since the 1930s, but long before that the phrase was wear the breeches, recorded from the 16th century. See also pants, tweezers
Definition of trousers in US English: trousers(also a pair of trousers) plural nounˈtrouzərzˈtraʊzərz An outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg. Example sentencesExamples - The ordinary clothing of Afghani men is a rather baggy pair of trousers with a draw-string at the waist, and a loose, long-sleeved shirt reaching about to the knees.
- I changed out of my road clothes into a clean pair of trousers and a light blouse.
- Each member of emergency staff will be fitted for the uniform, with a full set of several shirts, pairs of trousers, shoes and socks costing £400.
- She opened it and pulled out a few pairs of trousers and gowns and stuffed them into a valise under her bed.
- Dyana nodded again and the lady pulled out a small shirt and a pair of trousers, along with a tunic.
- Wearing only a linen shirt and a pair of trousers, she pulled her cloak from a nearby chair and wrapped it around her shoulders.
- I have 10 pairs of trousers and 20 shirts hanging in my wardrobe.
- In the fall, a flat loafer, heavy tights, and a nice pair of trousers is a sharp look.
- It contains my books of poetry, two shirts, two pairs of trousers, a pair of slippers, toothpaste and a brush.
- Her hair was brushed and gleaming, her white jumpsuit had been exchanged for a pair of trousers and a huge coat, both in dark blue.
- To measure the length of your inseam, lay a pair of trousers that fit you well flat on the table as aforementioned, and measure them from the top of the inner pant leg seam to the opening at the bottom of the leg.
- For example, two dissimilar jackets, two pairs of trousers, two distinctive shirts and two neckties can be combined in sixteen different ways.
- I zoom upstairs to pull on a jumper and pair of trousers.
- Many men had suits made to measure with two pairs of trousers as the coats and waistcoats usually outlasted one pair of trousers.
- He was a very young man in a plain pair of trousers and an old shirt.
- I looked around and grabbed a pair of trousers that actually fit me and a purple shirt, and also some undergarments.
- Why bother wearing a shirt if you aren't going to put a decent pair of trousers on?
- If you are going away for a few days then I would advise taking a basic piece of bottom clothing (ie a pair of trousers or a skirt) and lots of different tops.
- He muttered darkly about his outraged modesty as he threw on a crumpled white shirt and a black pair of trousers before heading downstairs to the sitting room.
- But weeks later, a package arrived direct from the designer containing two pairs of trousers, two shirts, dress shoes, trainers and a belt.
Phrases informal Be the dominant partner in a relationship. there's no doubt who'll wear the trousers in that house Example sentencesExamples - After months of fighting and bickering, Emily and Adam settled for friendship, though it was always clear that Emily was the one wearing the trousers in their relationship.
- I wear the trousers in this relationship and I always will.
- IT'S astonishing how many men like to pretend we wear the trousers in our relationships when, deep down, we know we don't.
- Mother wore the trousers in our family, and I can still see her before me in her elegant dresses or painting her fingernails.
- But my grandmother, who wore the trousers, used to tell him to shut up and stop talking rubbish, so we never got to ask him exactly how they were related.
- We're still trying to work out who wears the trousers, even now.
- And we all know who wears the trousers in that household.
- The Oscar-winning star blasted reports she wears the trousers in her marriage to Chris and insisted they were equals who complement each other..
- Is it just his feeble attempt to ensure that I know he is the boss and the one who wears the trousers?
- Mia liked to wear the trousers in their relationship.
Origin Early 17th century: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers. |