| 释义 |
Pantaloon /pan-tə-loonˈ or panˈ/ noun- A character in Italian comedy, and afterwards in pantomime, a lean old man (orig a Venetian) more or less a dotard
- (without cap; Shakespeare) a feeble old man
- (without cap; in pl) various kinds of trousers worn by or suggesting the stage pantaloon, such as the wide breeches of the Restoration, later combined breeches and stockings, later 18c trousers fastened below the calf or under the shoe, children's trousers resembling these, (usu pants) trousers generally or long woollen underpants
ORIGIN: Fr pantalon, from Ital pantalone, from St Pantaleone, a favourite saint of the Venetians panˈtalon noun A movement in a quadrille pantaloonedˈ adjective pantaloonˈery noun Buffoonery |