trousers
ズボン
解説 Definition
trousers は「ズボン」という意味です。日本語の「ズボン」に近いですが、英語では特にイギリス英語でよく使われ、常に複数形の形で扱われます。
Trousers are a piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist downward and has a separate section for each leg. The word is especially common in British English and is grammatically plural, as in “these trousers are.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
脚を二本それぞれ包む衣類なので、形は一着でも trousers は常に複数扱いになり、These trousers are や a pair of trousers と言います。米語で一般的な pants と結び付け、long trousers、black trousers、fold the trousers のような組み合わせで覚えましょう。
Picture one garment with two separate legs. That paired structure helps explain why trousers normally takes a plural verb: “These trousers are too long.” To count the garment, say “a pair of trousers,” not “a trouser.” Connect the word with American English pants, but remember that trousers is especially standard in British English. Useful combinations include black trousers, long trousers, wear trousers, and fold the trousers. Keeping the two legs in mind makes both the meaning and the unusual plural grammar easier to recall.
例文
These trousers are too long for me.
このズボンは私には長すぎます。
He wore black trousers to the office.
彼は職場に黒いズボンをはいて行きました。
Please fold the trousers and put them in the drawer.
そのズボンをたたんで引き出しに入れてください。
trousers の類義語・関連語
trousers の語源・成り立ち Etymology
trousers はスコットランド・ゲール語 triubhas「ぴったりした半ズボン」に由来し、対になる衣類なので英語で複数形化しました。もとは脚を一つずつ包む衣服だったと考えると今の意味に直結します。関連語に trouse, trews。
Trousers entered standard English through Scots forms related to trews and is generally traced to Scottish Gaelic triubhas, referring to close-fitting leg coverings. Because the garment consists of two joined leg sections, English established the plural form trousers, much as it did with shorts and breeches. The older singular trouse is now rare, while the expression a pair of trousers remains the normal way to refer to one garment.
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