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a pant
用作可数名词，表示一次喘息。
He let out a loud pant after the race.
他在赛跑后发出一声大喘息。
裤子；内裤
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裤子；内裤
a garment covering the body from the waist down, with a separate part for each leg; trousers or underpants — usually plural: pants
He let out a loud pant after the race.
他在赛跑后发出一声大喘息。
通常用复数：pants
急促呼吸；喘气
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
Any public drinking fountain.
(蒸汽机等发出的)短促喷气声
the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
The old steam locomotive let out a loud pant as it began to move.
老蒸汽机车启动时发出了一声响亮的噗噗声。
After the long run, he could hear his own heavy pant.
长跑后，他能听到自己沉重的喘息声。
A faint pant came from the engine room, indicating a steam leak.
发动机室传来微弱的噗噗声，表明有蒸汽泄漏。
用作可数名词，表示一次喘息。
He let out a loud pant after the race.
他在赛跑后发出一声大喘息。
复数形式表示多次或连续喘息。
The old engine emitted short pants of steam.
旧发动机喷出一阵阵短促的蒸汽。
表示某物的喘息声，后接名词所有格或of短语。
The pant of the exhausted dog was audible.
那只疲惫的狗的喘息声清晰可闻。
Not this
He bought a new pant.
Use this
He bought new pants.
名词 pant 意为“喘息”，而表达“裤子”应用复数形式 pants。
Not this
He took a deep pant.
Use this
He took a deep breath.
pant 指短促的喘息，不用于描述深吸气；表示深呼吸应用 breath。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一条裤子
I bought a new pair of pants for the interview.
我买了一条新裤子去面试穿。
裤腿
He rolled up his pant legs before wading into the river.
他蹚进河里之前卷起了裤腿。
正装裤
She wore dress pants and heels to the office.
她穿着正装裤和高跟鞋去上班。
短裤
The boys were playing in their short pants.
男孩们穿着短裤在玩耍。
裤兜
He always carries his wallet in his back pant pocket.
他总是把钱包放在后面的裤兜里。
凭直觉（或经验）行事，随机应变
Nobody had a clear plan; we had to fly by the seat of our pants.
没有人有明确的计划，我们只能凭感觉行事。
（在家中或某关系里）当家做主，掌权
In their team, the project manager clearly wears the pants.
在他们的团队里，项目经理显然是说了算的人。
彻底打败；远远胜过
Our new software beats the pants off the old version.
我们的新软件远远胜过旧版本。
骗子，骗子，裤子着火！
A common English children's chant used to taunt someone who has been caught telling a lie. It is often said after a person denies lying.
这是一首常见的英语童谣，用来嘲笑被揭穿谎言的人。人们常在对方撒谎否认时这样说。
Use pant naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想狗热得吐舌“pant, pant”地喘气；买裤子则用复数 pants，一条也是 a pair of pants。
语域：formal 常见场景：written narrative、descriptive prose 作名词表示“喘气、喘息”时，通常多用于书面叙述或文学描写中，比较常见于正式或半正式文体；日常口语中较少单独使用，更常用动词 pant 或短语 be out of breath 来表达。
发音提示：在美式英语中，ant /ænt/、can't /kænt/、plant /plænt/、chant /tʃænt/、grant /ɡrænt/、slant /slænt/ 都与 pant /pænt/ 押韵（结尾均为 /ænt/）。注意拼写相近但读音不同的假朋友：paint /peɪnt/（油漆、绘画）和 pane /peɪn/（窗玻璃）都不读 /pænt/；另外 pants /pænts/ 是 pant 的复数，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.