trousers

«trousers» in Mova's school dictionary: A piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (trousers — plural only; a pair of trousers)

meaning for a pupil

A piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down, with a separate part for each leg. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, trousers are part of many school uniforms in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. In the USA and Canada people usually say "pants" for trousers. Phrases: a pair of trousers, school trousers, trouser pocket, wear the trousers.

examples

• I tore my trousers on the fence. tree →
• Put on your school trousers. tree →
• These trousers are too long for me. tree →
• I need a new pair of trousers. tree →
• He keeps his keys in his trouser pocket. tree →
• Tuck your trousers into your socks to keep ticks off on a hike. tree →
• He managed, however, to scramble out with wet sleeves and bespattered trousers. tree →

note

"Trousers" is always plural: "My trousers are blue", not "is blue". To count them, say "a pair of trousers", "two pairs of trousers". Big trap: in British English "pants" means underwear, but in American English "pants" means trousers. The adjective form is "trouser" (trouser leg, trouser pocket).

In the corpora

• Tiny hairs on stinging nettle leaves inject a liquid that stings and itches, so keep away and wear long trousers on overgrown paths.
• Maddie had fallen in a puddle at break, and her trousers were brown to the knees.
• In Croydon, Ollie-Ray's school trousers were his brother's and are a bit long.
• Metal rivets on jeans were patented (registered as an invention) in 1873 to stop pockets tearing on miners' work trousers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trousers» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.