shortsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

名詞

shorts

1. plural of short

名詞

shorts pl (plural only)

1. Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees.

   Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.

2. (dated) Underpants.

   After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.

   • 2015, George Carlin, 3 X Carlin: An Orgy of George Including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?:

     And always, when the food arrives, send something back. It's considered very sophisticated. But make sure you use colorful language. Tell him, "Waiter, this veal tastes like the inside front panel of Ferdinand Magellan's shorts. And I'm referring to the first voyage."

3. (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
4. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
   • 1847, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, volume II, →OCLC, page 822:

     […] the first remove above bran is shorts ; the next above that is sharps

5. Short, inferior hemp.

派生語

参考

• short pants
• undershorts

動詞

shorts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short

アナグラム

• Horsts, Stohrs, horsts