pants

noun

1. 内裤；短裤
   underpants or knickers
   1. a pair of pants
      一件内裤
2. 裤子
   trousers
   1. a new pair of pants
      一条新裤子
   2. ski pants
      滑雪裤
3. 次品；劣质品
   something you think is of poor quality
   1. Their new CD is absolute pants!
      他们的新光盘绝对是次货！
   2. Do we have to watch this pants programme?
      我们非要看这种烂节目吗？

1. N-PLURAL 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.
   1. 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


2. N-PLURAL 裤子
   Pants are a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of your body and each leg.
   1. 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


3. N-UNCOUNT 劣质品
   If you say that something is pants, you mean that it is very poor in quality.
   1. The place is pants, yet so popular.
      那个地方很糟糕，却很受欢迎。
4. PHRASE 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.
   1. You'll bore the pants off your grandchildren...
      你会把孙辈们烦透的。
   2. 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。
5. 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.
6. to be caught with one's pants down → see: catch

1. He was wearing riding pants, high boots, and spurs.
   他穿着马裤和长筒靴，靴上带着马刺。
2. I think we caught them with their pants down. They're a bit confused.
   我觉得我们让他们下不了台了。他们有点不知所措。
3. They knock around on weekends in grubby sweaters and pants
   他们周末穿着邋遢的毛衫和裤子到处闲逛。
4. He was wearing cotton pants and an open-necked shirt.
   他穿着纯棉裤子和开领衬衫。
5. I put on my bra and pants.
   我戴上乳罩，穿上内裤。
6. 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。
7. The place is pants, yet so popular.
   那个地方很糟糕，却很受欢迎。
8. You'll bore the pants off your grandchildren
   你会把孙辈们烦透的。
9. Walking in the surf, she had to roll her pants up to her knees.
   她走在海浪里，不得不把裤腿卷到膝盖处。
10. His pants were stuffed inside the tops of his boots.
    他的裤腿儿塞在靴子里。
11. He put on a pair of short pants and an undershirt.
    他穿上了一条短裤和一件汗衫。
12. Waterproofed fabric pants are more expensive than plastic pants.
    防水纤维短裤比塑料短裤贵多了。
13. It had a saddle with springs sticking out, which wore away the seat of my pants
    鞍座上的弹簧翘出来，把我裤子臀部那块磨破了。
14. I've known him since he was in short pants.
    我从他小时候就认识他。
15. My new pair of pants is being altered.
    我的新裤子正在修改。
16. It's dangerous for a leader to run the country by the seat of his pants.
    领导人凭个人的直觉或经验去治理国家是很危险的。
17. Your pants are dirty.
    你的裤子脏了。
18. She had ants in her pants ever since she won that ticket to bermuda.
    她自从赢得那张前往百慕大的机票后一直急于启程。
19. He rushed out in pants.
    他穿着内裤就冲出来。
20. She creased his pants with an iron.
    她用熨斗把他的裤子烫出折来。
21. The shop sells all kinds of form-fitting pants.
    商店里出售着各式各样的健美裤。
22. The pants are in the drawer.
    裤子在抽屉里。
23. Anyone can tell that she wears the pants in that family.
    任何人都看得出她是那个家庭中掌权的人。
24. You have shrunk my pants!
    你把我的裤子洗缩水了！
25. I put all of my son's underwear, socks, long pants& long shirts in one drawer.
    我把我儿子所有的内衣，袜子，长裤和长衬衫放在一个抽屉里。
26. Chinese people wear a long gown and pants.
    中国人穿长衫和裤子。
27. In spring I'm wearing pants and sneakers.
    在春天我穿着裤子和运动鞋。
28. She is wearing a shirt and pants.
    她穿的是衬衫和长裤。
29. A sweater and pants.
    毛衣和裙子。
30. I have on a T-shirt and pants.
    我穿了一件T-恤和长裤。

n.

bore, scare, etc. the pants off sb

• 把…烦死（或吓死等）
  to make sb extremely bored, frightened, etc.

have ants in your pants

• 焦躁不安；坐立不安
  to be very excited or impatient about sth and unable to stay still

catch sb with their pants down

• 使突陷窘境；乘人措手不及；出其不意；冷不防
  to arrive or do sth when sb is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation

(fly) by the seat of your pants

• 临时凭感觉碰运气；凭经验瞎碰
  to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful

wear the trousers

• （在婚姻等关系中）处于支配的位置，起指挥的作用
  to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions

wet yourself

wet your pants/knickers

• 尿裤子
  to urinate in your underwear by accident

noun

1. underpants worn by women
   1. she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing

   Synonym:    bloomersdrawersknickers