pants 1 S3 / pænts / 名词 [复数形式]

1 especially American English a piece of clothing that covers you from your waist to your feet and has a separate part for each leg 同义词 trousers British English :

She was wearing dark blue pants and a white sweater.

2 British English a piece of underwear that covers the area between your waist and the top of your legs 同义词 underpants American English → knickers , briefs , boxer shorts

3 bore/scare etc the pants off somebody informal spoken to make someone feel very bored, very frightened etc :

She always bores the pants off me.

4 beat the pants off somebody American English spoken to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition 同义词 thrash

5 somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time American English spoken used to say that someone is just like everyone else :

Go on, ask him for his autograph – he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you do.

6 (since somebody was) in short pants British English informal since someone was a very young boy :

I’ve known Eric since he was in short pants.

→ do something by the seat of your pants at seat 1 ( 10 ) , → catch somebody with their pants down at catch 1 ( 6 ) , → wear the pants/trousers at wear 1 ( 7 )