pantaloons
[,p?nt?'lu:nz]
- n. 男式馬褲
中文詞源
pantaloons 女式燈籠褲，男式馬褲
來(lái)自Pantaloun,傳統(tǒng)滑稽中的丑角角色，常穿著一條緊身長(zhǎng)褲或長(zhǎng)馬褲。其原型為意大利威尼斯圣人Saint Pantaleone,字面意思為獅子般的，來(lái)自pan-,全部，所有，-leon,獅子，詞源同lion.后引申詞義男式馬褲，女式燈籠褲。
英文詞源
- pantaloons (n.)
- 1660s, "kind of tights" (originally a French fashion and execrated as such by late 17c. English writers), associated with Pantaloun (1580s), silly old man character in Italian comedy who wore tight trousers over his skinny legs, from Italian Pantalone, originally San Pantaleone, Christian martyr, a popular saint in Venice (Pantaleone in the comedies represents the Venetian). The name is of Greek origin and means "all-compassionate" (or, according to Klein, "entirely lion"). Applied to tight long trousers (replacing knee-breeches) by 1798; pants is a shortened form first recorded 1840.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Hallah wears the stylish tunic and pantaloons common in Kurdistan.
- 哈拉穿著庫(kù)爾德斯坦常見(jiàn)的漂亮束腰上衣和馬褲。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句