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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pants
pants BrE [pænts] NAmE [pænts] noun  plural
1. (BrE) ↑underpants or ↑knickers
•a pair of pants
2. (especially NAmE)trousers
•a new pair of pants
•ski pants
see also ↑cargo pants
3. (BrE, slang) (also used as an adjective)something you think is of poor quality
Syn: ↑rubbish
• Their new CD is absolute pants!
• Do we have to watch this pants programme?
more at have ants in your pants at ↑ant, catch sb with their pants down at ↑catch v., (fly) by the seat of your pants at ↑seat n., wear the pants at ↑wear v., wet your pants/knickers at ↑wet v.
Idiom: bore/scare the pants off somebody
Word Origin:
[pants] mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of ↑pantaloons.
Example Bank:
•He was so frightened that he wet his pants.
•a brown vest with matching pants
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