breeches

FREQ #34676

n. 马裤

发音

US /ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/
US /ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/

词形变化

breech only 复数 attributive breech 复数

别名

breeks britches

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of breech

  2. 2.

    A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

    五分裤

    半长裤

    马裤

    历史 仅复数
  3. 3.

    Trousers; pantaloons.

    非正式 仅复数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

knickers knee-breeches knickerbockers

上位词 3

trousers pant pair of trousers

下位词 4

britches buckskins plus fours trunkhose

部分词 1

codpiece

相关短语

breeches buoy n. 裤形救生圈 breeches role breeches roles breeches buoys breeches part breeches parts Breeches Bible Breeches Bibles bear's breeches n. 【植物】老鼠簕属植物(Acanthus mollis, = acanthus) Dutchman's breeches n. 兜状荷色牡丹 open-kneed breeches wear the breeches petticoat breeches too big for one's breeches [网络] 对于裤子来说太大了 trunk breeches

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Germanic *brōks Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old English brōc Old English brēċ Middle English brek Middle English breches English breeches From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (“breeches”), from Old English brēċ (“underpants”), the plural of brōc (“legging, buttocks”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“crotch, legging, trousers”). Akin to West Frisian broek (“leggings, over-trousers”), Dutch broek (“pair of trousers, underpants, long-johns”), obsolete German Bruch (“pair of hose, leggings, pants trousers”), Old Norse brók (“breeches”) (whence Danish brog); compare Latin brācae ( > French braies, Spanish bragas) which is immediately of Celtic origin, yet ultimately borrowed from the same Proto-Germanic source above. Compare brail.

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