🇬🇧 Trousers meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Trousers are a piece of clothing you wear on the bottom half of your body, with two long parts for your legs, that go from your waist down to your ankles to keep your legs covered and warm.

I put my trousers on backwards and wondered why my bottom had pockets and my front didn’t.

Grandpa’s trousers are pulled up so high they’re almost having a meeting with his eyebrows.

My trousers made a funny ripping sound, and suddenly the whole class knew what color my underwear was.

I wore glow-in-the-dark trousers and turned off the lights, and suddenly I was just two floating legs.

In American English people usually say “pants,” but in British English “pants” can mean underwear—so if you say you like someone’s pants in Britain, you’re talking about their underpants, not their trousers!

One morning a boy finds five blue trousers on his bed. He puts on one pair of trousers and jumps. The dog pulls another pair of trousers from the chair. The boy laughs, then wears three pairs of trousers for fun on his legs. His mum shakes head, then smiles. The trousers stay on and he is happy.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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