pantaloons
[,p?nt?'lu:nz]
- n. 男式馬褲
中文詞源
pantaloons 女式燈籠褲，男式馬褲
來自Pantaloun,傳統滑稽中的丑角角色，常穿著一條緊身長褲或長馬褲。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.
雙語例句
- 1. Hallah wears the stylish tunic and pantaloons common in Kurdistan.
- 哈拉穿著庫爾德斯坦常見的漂亮束腰上衣和馬褲。
來自柯林斯例句