繫繩寬褲(原意)
這是這個字最早的意思,也是核心畫面本身。
traditional loose trousers · noun · B2
loose, light trousers that are held up by a cord tied around the waist, worn as ordinary daytime clothes by Muslim men and women, often with a long shirt.
寬鬆長褲(傳統服裝)
One way to picture it: loose trousers that hang from a cord tied at the waist. Nothing tight, nothing shaped — cloth that lets the body move and rest.
From Urdu/Persian pāy-jāma, literally 'leg garment' (pāy 'leg' + jāma 'garment'), borrowed into English in the 19th century via British India.
這個字來自烏爾都語/波斯語的 pāy-jāma,字面就是「腿+衣服」,也就是「腿上穿的東西」。十九世紀英國人在印度看到當地人穿這種繫繩寬褲,把詞帶回英語,後來又把它專門用在睡覺穿的那一套上。所以「寬鬆長褲」是原意,「睡衣」反而是後來在英語裡長出來的。
Oxford English Dictionary / Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline), s.v. "pyjamas"
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繫繩寬褲(原意)
這是這個字最早的意思,也是核心畫面本身。
traditional loose trousers · noun · B2
loose, light trousers that are held up by a cord tied around the waist, worn as ordinary daytime clothes by Muslim men and women, often with a long shirt.
寬鬆長褲(傳統服裝)
睡覺穿的那一套
英語把那條寬鬆繫繩褲搬進臥室,再配上一件同款上衣,「鬆軟好躺」的特質被保留下來,穿著的場合則整個換掉。
sleepwear set · noun · A2
a set of soft, loose clothes that you wear in bed, made of a pair of trousers and a top that goes with them.
睡衣(一套:上衣+長褲)
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。