knickers

低频词畅通词汇

英 ['nɪkəz] 美['nɪkɚz]

释义

n. 灯笼裤，短裤；女用灯笼裤型的扎口短裤

词态变化

形容词: knicker;

中文词源

knickers 女式短衬裤，女内裤

缩写自knickerbockers,女式灯笼裤。但后来裤脚越来越短，最终变成了女衬裤或女内裤，并与knickerbockers产生了区分。

英文词源

knickers: knickers: [19] The use of the word knickers for ‘women’s underpants’ dates back to the 1880s: a writer in the magazine Queen in 1882 recommended ‘flannel knickers in preference to flannel petticoat’, and Home Chat in 1895 was advertising ‘serge knickers for girls from twelve to sixteen’. Over the decades, of course, the precise application of the term has changed with the nature of the garment, and today’s legless briefs are a far cry from the knee-length ‘knickers’ of the 1880s.

They got their name because of their similarity to the original knickers, which were knee-length trousers for men (The Times in 1900 reported the ‘Imperial Yeomanry … in their well-made, loosely-fitting khaki tunics and riding knickers’). And knickers itself was short for knickerbockers, a term used for such trousers since the 1850s. This came from Diedrich Knickerbocker, a fictitious Dutch-sounding name invented by the American writer Washington Irving for the ‘author’ of his History of New York 1809.

The reason for the application seems to have been that the original knickerbockers resembled the sort of kneebreeches supposedly worn by Dutchmen.
knickers (n.): "short, loose-fitting undergarment," now usually for women but not originally so, 1866, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to the trousers of old-time Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations for Washington Irving's "History of New York" (see knickerbocker).

双语例句

1. She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.: 她给安买了两件胸罩、6条内裤。

2. a pair of knickers: 一条女式短衬裤

3. They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.: 他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤.

4. Men's knickers went out of style and are now a drug on the market.: 男式灯笼裤已不时兴了,成了滞销货.

5. The company, which makes its money on 3,000 grocery lines has its knickers in a twist about Sunday trading.: 这家依靠3,000种食品杂货盈利的公司为其星期天的营业状况烦恼。

英英释意

1. trousers ending above the knee

2. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by women;: "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"

实用场景例句

a pair of knickers: 一条女式短衬裤

[只用于名词前]knicker elastic: （女用）短衬裤松紧带

She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.: 她给安买了两件胸罩、6条内裤。

The company, which makes its money on 3,000 grocery lines has its knickers in a twist about Sunday trading.: 这家依靠3,000种食品杂货盈利的公司为其星期天的营业状况烦恼。

Don't get your knickers in a twist ! It's not the end of the world.: 别烦恼了, 这并不是世界末日.

They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.: 他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤.

The boss is getting his knickers in a twist about these sales figures.: 老板看到这些销售数字大为恼火.

Knickers is free slightly for leg ministry mostly beyond model or close leg.: 短裤大多为腿部略有空余型或紧腿型.

And another whole closet just for my knickers.: 另有一个大衣橱专门放我的短裤.

Mick : Don't get your knickers in a twist.: 米克: 你不要着急啊.

Men's knickers went out of style and are now a drug on the market.: 男式灯笼裤已不时兴了,成了滞销货.

And the sun comes out, sweat shirt eliminate , wear short covering, knickers, short skirt only.: 而太阳一出来, 便又将绒衣除去,只穿短衣、短裤、短裙.

Lindsay: You're just a big fat, mining minger knickers and a ginormous schnozzle!: 林赛: 你知是个又大又肥、穿着肥裤子、长着大鼻子的令人作呕的丑八怪!

a pair of knickers: 一条女式短衬裤

She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.: 她给安买了两件胸罩、6条内裤。

The company, which makes its money on 3,000 grocery lines has its knickers in a twist about Sunday trading.: 这家依靠3,000种食品杂货盈利的公司为其星期天的营业状况烦恼。

词组搭配

get one's knickers in a twist

(Brit. informal)become upset or angry

(英，非正式)心烦，生气