英语词源
- shorts (n.)
- "short pants," 1826, from short (adj.). Short-shorts is attested from 1946, originally men's briefs.
权威例句
- 1. He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.
- 他穿着短裤，露出自己强壮多毛的长腿。
- 2. Something was sticking from the pocket of the little man's grimy shorts.
- 小个子男人脏乎乎的短裤口袋里鼓鼓的，伸出来个什么东西。
- 3. There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts.
- 血流得太多，渗透了我的平脚短裤。
- 4. He was wearing a blue silk singlet and boxer shorts.
- 他穿着一件蓝色丝绸背心和平脚短裤。
- 5. Everyone dressed informally in shorts or jeans.
- 大家都穿得很休闲，不是穿了短裤就是穿了牛仔裤。
词语辨析
【trousers, slacks, pants, jeans, shorts】
这组词都有“裤子”的意思，其区别是：
trousers: 指长裤，用于较正式场合。
slacks: 美国指比较宽松的便裤，英国人指妇女外面穿的长裤。
pants: 常用词，在美国，泛指各类裤子，在英国指衬裤或短裤。
jeans: 指劳动布裤或牛仔裤。
shorts: 指短裤或裤衩。
这组词都有“裤子”的意思，其区别是：
trousers: 指长裤，用于较正式场合。
slacks: 美国指比较宽松的便裤，英国人指妇女外面穿的长裤。
pants: 常用词，在美国，泛指各类裤子，在英国指衬裤或短裤。
jeans: 指劳动布裤或牛仔裤。
shorts: 指短裤或裤衩。