英和和英

語源

From under- +‎ -wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈʌndəwɛə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈʌndɚˌwɛɹ/, /ˈʌndɚwɚ/

名詞

underwear (usually uncountable, plural underwears)

1. Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
   • 1998, Banjo-Kazooie, Rareware:

     Don't scratch and bite, my little bear, you'll soon need bigger underwear.

   • 2016 June 30, Stefan Hertmans, War and Turpentine‎, Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 202:

     As a couple of soldiers sing a dirty song, he loses sight of the edge of the stage and falls off in the middle of his dance like a seasoned slapstick artist, his white legs in the air and his filthy underwear visible to all.

2. (colloquial) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
   • 2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire:

     “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.

同意語

• shreddies
• underclothes
• undergarment
• undies
• See also Thesaurus:underwear

等位語

• outerwear
• underdress (noun)

派生語