喜樂美語
  1. 1n/flaɪz/褲子拉鍊處

    The opening at the front of a pair of trousers, with the zip or buttons that hold it closed. British English calls this one opening the flies; American English calls it a fly.

    看到 flies 先別急著想成「蒼蠅」——講到衣服時，它指的是褲子前面可以打開的那一區，也就是拉鍊或那排扣子連著蓋住的地方。英式英語習慣用複數 flies（Your flies are undone.），美式英語說單數 fly。一種想法是：fly 本來就有「鬆鬆蓋在上面、會掀起來的一片布」的感覺（帳篷外層那片也叫 fly）。

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo leaned over and whispered, "Your flies are undone."

    中文翻譯里歐靠過來小聲說：「你的拉鍊是沒拉上的。」

    常見搭配

    • your flies are undone

      （提醒對方）你褲子拉鍊沒拉

      a quiet, friendly way to tell someone the front of their trousers is open

      Excuse me — your flies are undone.

    • do up your flies

      把褲子前面拉上／扣好

      to close the front of your trousers

      He did up his flies and picked up his bag.

    • undo your flies

      把褲子前面打開

      to open the front of your trousers

      The costume was so tight that Ren had to undo his flies to sit down.

    • button flies

      排扣式的前開口

      a front opening that closes with a row of buttons instead of a zip

      These jeans have button flies, so they take a moment longer.

    意思相近

    flyfly frontzip fly

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

Plural of fly (insect), from Old English flēoge 'a fly'.

fly「蒼蠅」的複數；fly 源自古英文 flēoge。

Wiktionary

Picture the short opening down the front of a pair of trousers, with the zip or the row of buttons that keeps it shut. British English treats that one opening as 'the flies' (plural in form, singular in meaning); American English says 'a fly'.

可以想成褲子前面那道短短的開口，還有把它扣住的拉鍊或一排釦子。英式英語把這一道開口叫 the flies——形式上是複數，指的卻只有一個地方；美式英語則說 a fly。注意這個字跟「蒼蠅」「飛」的 fly 長得一樣，但這裡講的是褲子。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

意思相近

flyfly frontzip fly

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

fliesnoun/flaɪz/

  • 1

    The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.

    • […] I was born in the dressing-room, suckled in the flies, educated in the lobby, and brought up in the property-room […]
    • Hung from the “flies” in air, She acts a palpable lie, She’s as little a fairy there As unpoetical I!

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。