Bell-bottoms are trousers whose legs stay fairly straight to the knee and then open out, wider and wider, down to the hem — like the mouth of a bell.

Bell-bottoms Bell-bottoms是 trousers whose legs stay fairly straight to the knee and then open out, wider and wider, down to the hem一種褲管到膝蓋前都還算直、然後開始越開越寬、一路寬到褲腳的褲子 — like the mouth of a bell就像鐘的開口一樣。

Sailors wore a version long before high-street fashion did, because a wide hem is easy to roll up on a wet deck. In the 1960s and 1970s the shape walked into ordinary shops and onto disco floors, and English still reaches for bell-bottoms when the flare is strong and theatrical, not a timid little widening.

Sailors水手 wore a version long before high-street fashion did早在時尚品牌之前就穿過類似的款式, because a wide hem is easy to roll up on a wet deck因為寬褲腳在濕滑的甲板上很好捲起來。In the 1960s and 1970s在一九六零、七零年代, the shape這個版型 walked into ordinary shops and onto disco floors走進了一般店家，也走上了迪斯可舞池, and English而英文 still reaches for bell-bottoms直到現在還是會用bell-bottoms這個字 when the flare is strong and theatrical, not a timid little widening當那個喇叭形狀很誇張、很戲劇化，而不是一點點小小的展開時。

In Britain people also say flares, which is the same idea in a shorter word. Though actually, bootcut is a quieter cousin: it only opens a little at the foot, so it can sit over a boot. Bell-bottoms make a rounder, louder statement.

In Britain在英國, people也 also say flares會說flares, which is the same idea in a shorter word意思一樣，只是字比較短。Though actually不過其實, bootcut bootcut是 a quieter cousin比較低調的表親: it只 only opens a little at the foot只在褲腳處微微展開, so it can sit over a boot這樣才能罩在靴子外面。Bell-bottoms Bell-bottoms make a rounder, louder statement則展現出更圓、更誇張的效果。

The word is almost always plural, like trousers itself: you buy bell-bottoms, you wear them. Saying 'a bell-bottom' usually means one leg, not the garment.

The word這個字 is almost always plural, like trousers itself幾乎都用複數，就跟trousers這個字一樣: you buy bell-bottoms你買的是bell-bottoms, you wear them你穿的也是它們。Saying 'a bell-bottom'說「a bell-bottom」 usually means one leg, not the garment通常是指一個褲管，不是指整件褲子。

They go in and out of fashion; when they come back, older speakers still hear 1970s in the word, even on a new pair.

They它們 go in and out of fashion會流行了又退流行; when they come back當它們又流行回來時, older speakers年紀較大的人 still hear 1970s in the word還是會從這個字裡聽到一九七零年代的味道, even on a new pair即使是穿在一條新褲子上也一樣。