{
    "term": "trousers",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a piece of clothing that covers the lower body and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **pair of** grey **trousers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doug **was wearing** black **trousers** and a blue shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "baggy/tight/cropped trousers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "linen/leather/corduroy trousers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tracksuit/pyjama trousers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dropped his trousers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He quickly pulled on his trousers and a T-shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Boys used to be dressed in short trousers until they reached adulthood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a woman in a smart pair of black trousers"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "baggy"],
                "… of trousers": ["pair"],
                "verb + trousers": ["pull on", "pull up", "drop"],
                "trouser + noun": ["bottoms", "leg", "pocket"],
                "preposition": ["in trousers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to arrive or do something when somebody is not expecting it and not ready, especially when they are in an embarrassing situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions",
            "labels": "(often disapproving, becoming old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's obvious who wears the trousers in that family!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtraʊzəz/",
                "audio": "tr/trousers/trousers__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtraʊzərz/",
                "audio": "tr/trousers/trousers__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from archaic trouse (singular) from Irish triús and Scottish Gaelic triubhas (see trews), on the pattern of drawers."
}