Knickers are a piece of underwear worn by women and girls which have holes for the legs and elastic around the waist to hold them up.
例句
She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.她給安買了兩件胸罩、6條內褲。
PHRASE
惱火;煩悶
If someone is getting their knickers in a twist about something, they are getting annoyed or upset about it without good reason.
例句
The company, which makes its money on 3,000 grocery lines has its knickers in a twist about Sunday trading.這家依靠3,000種食品雜貨盈利的公司為其星期天的營業狀況煩惱。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
燈籠褲
They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他們穿著一致,都是藍色的運動衫和燈籠短褲。
(面對困境)惱火,煩悶,慌亂
Don’t get your knickers in a twist! It’s not the end of the world.別煩惱了,這并不是世界末日。The boss is getting his knickers in a twist about these sales figures.老板看到這些銷售數字大為惱火。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
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"