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trousers

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trousers [ˈtraʊzəz]
pl n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
wear the trousers Brit informal to have control, esp in a marriage US equivalent wear the pants
[from earlier trouse, a variant of trews, influenced by drawers]
trousered  adj
trouserless  adj
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trousers
plural noun slacks, pants (U.S.), strides (chiefly Austral. informal), kecks (Brit. informal) He was smartly dressed in a shirt, dark trousers and boots.

Trousers and shorts

bell-bottoms, Bermuda shorts, bloomers, breeches, britches, or (Scot.) breeks, buckskins, Capri pants or Capris, cargo pants, chinos, churidars, combats, cords or corduroys, culottes, cycling shorts, denims, drainpipes, dungarees, flannels, flares, galligaskins or gallygaskins, hipsters or (U.S.) hip-huggers, hot pants, jeans, jodhpurs, Kachera, knickerbockers or (U.S.) knickers, lederhosen, leggings, Levis (trademark), loon pants or loons, overalls, Oxford bags, palazzo pants, pantaloons, pedal pushers, plus fours, pyjamas, riding breeches, salopettes, shalwar, ski pants, slacks, slops, smallclothes, spatterdashes, stovepipes, sweat-suit trousers, tracksuit trousers, jogging trousers, or joggers, toreador pants, trews, trouse (Brit.), trunk hose
Translations
trousers [ˈtraʊzərz] npl (mainly British)pantalon m
a pair of trousers → un pantalon
short trousers → culottes fpl courtes
trouser suit [ˈtraʊzərsuːt] n (mainly British)tailleur-pantalon m

trousers
pl (esp Brit) (also pair of trousers)Hose f; she was wearing trouserssie hatte Hosen or eine Hose an; to wear the trousers (fig inf)die Hosen anhaben (inf); to be caught with one’s trousers down (inf, lit: sexually) → in flagranti erwischt werden (inf); (fig)überrumpelt werden; (= unprepared)sich kalt erwischen lassen (inf)

trousers [ˈtraʊzəz] npl (Brit) → pantaloni mpl, calzoni mpl
short trousers → calzoncini mpl
she wears the trousers (fig) → è lei che porta i calzoni
trousers [ˈtraʊzəz] npl (Brit) → pantaloni mpl, calzoni mpl
short trousers → calzoncini mpl
she wears the trousers (fig) → è lei che porta i calzoni

trousers
n pl trousers [ˈtrauzəz]
an outer garment for the lower part of the body, covering each leg separately He wore (a pair of) black trousers; She was dressed in trousers and a sweater. broek, langbroek بَنْطَلون панталон kalhoty bukser die Hose παντελόνι pantalones püksid شلوار housut pantalon מִכנָסַיִים पतलून hlače nadrág celana buxur pantaloni スボン 바지 kelnės bikses seluar panjang broek bukser, beinklær spodnie calça(s) pan­taloni брюки nohavice hlače pantalone byxor กางเกง pantolon 褲子 штани پاجامہ quần
trouser-
of trousers a trouser-button; That dog has torn my trouser-leg. broek مُتَعَلِّق بالبَنْطَلون на панталон kalhotový bukse- Hosen-... που ανήκει στο παντελόνι (ως α΄ συνθ.) de los pantalones püksi- شلوار... housun- de pantalon מִכנָס पतलून, पाजामा nogavica nadrág- celana buxna- (...) dei pantaloni スボンの- 바지- kelnių bikšu- seluar panjang broek{#169} bukse- od/u spodni de/para calça(s) de la pantalon брючный; штанина nohavicový hlačen- pantalone byx- ส่วนของกางเกง pantolon... 褲子的 такий, що відноситься до штанів پاجامہ کا liên quan đến quần

trousers بَنطلون kalhoty bukser Hose παντελόνι pantalón housut pantalon hlače pantaloni ズボン 바지 broek bukser spodnie calças брюки byxor กางเกง pantolon quần 裤子


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Genevieve slipped on a pair of Joe's shoes, light-soled and dapper, and laughed with Lottie, who stooped to turn up the trousers for her.
 
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