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pantaloon

/pan-tl-oon/US // ˌpæn tlˈun //UK // (ˌpæntəˈluːn) //

裤子,裤管,裤装,裤衩

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
    • : Also Pan·ta·lo·ne [pan-tl-oh-ney, pahn-; Italian pahn-tah-law-ne]. /ˌpæn tlˈoʊ neɪ, ˌpɑn-; Italian ˌpɑn tɑˈlɔ nɛ/. a foolish old Venetian merchant, usually the head of a household, generally lascivious and frequently deceived in the course of lovers' intrigues.
    • : a foolish, vicious old man, the butt and accomplice of the clown.

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Examples

  • I was born a young man; I have continued so; and before I end, a pantaloon, a driveller—enough again.

  • It was only what he might have expected, for had not the clown served the pantaloon exactly the same the night before?

  • The tight pantaloon is at once simple, useful, and beautiful.

  • At last he becomes the shuffling slippered Pantaloon of our Christmas pantomimes.

  • "Also with oils and varnishes," answered the pantaloon, his voice breaking in the desperate effort he made to be audible.