pantyhose
[ U ]
trousers worn by men in Europe in the past, either covering just the top part of the leg down to the knee, or long and very tight, usually worn with a short jacket called a doublet:
The king is depicted wearing doublet and hose.
These young gallants strutted around in tight hose and padded doublets.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Stockings, tights & socks
ankle sock
anklet
fishnet
garter
garter belt
hold up
hosiery
nylon
pantyhose
pop sock
sock
sox
stocking
suspender
suspender belt
tabi
tights

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Trousers
hose
verb[ T ]
uk /həʊz/ us /hoʊz/
to direct water onto something using a hose: 把软管把水引致…
hose someone/something downHe was covered in mud so we hosed him down.他满身是泥，所以我们用软管接水给他冲洗干净。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning generally
brush someone/something off
cleaner
cleaning
cleanse
cleansing
groom
hoovering
mop
pick
pick someone/something up
purification
purifier
rinse
scrub
sponge
spring-cleaning
squeegee
steam-clean
sterilizing
swill

hose | American Dictionary

hose
noun[ C ]
us/hoʊz/

hosenoun[C] (PIPE)

a long, usually plastic or rubber pipe that can be bent and is used to move water or other substances:
a fire hose
a garden hose
a radiator hose
hose
plural noun
us/hoʊz/(alsohosiery, us/ˈhoʊ·ʒə·ri/)

hoseplural noun (CLOTHING)

stockings or pantyhose
hose
verb[ Talways+ adv/prep ]
us/hoʊz/

hoseverb[T always + adv/prep] (USE PIPE)

to clean something with water:
They have to hose down the streets.
Just hose it off.

Examples of hose

hose
Manufacturers relied on hoses, bumpers and engine parts made with rubber.
The diameter of the hose-shaped object reflects the positional spread in the structure bundle among the corresponding backbone atoms.
Dead seedlings and t hose with wilted leaves were also discarded.
The decks were hosed down with sea water until free of debris brought aboard from the landing.
The soil was sterilized with equipment constructed from two metal drums joined with a plastic hose; steam was generated using firewood collected locally.
Plants in the pots were watered by hose to supplement natural rainfall when necessary.
These hoses were used for cleaning milking equipment and washing down the milking area.
The morning after witnesses the city's water services literally hosing down trees and shrubs in an attempt to dilute the chemical mix.
Modelling ammonia volatilization from animal slurry applied with trail hoses to cereals.
The hydraulic cylinder is connected to an open-center valve through flexible hoses.
This hose connected the flue to a simple diaphragm pump, which pumped the sample into a collection bag.
The main components of the unit are the valve, connecting hose, and a cylinder.
So streets and vehicles leaving the site were hosed down and workers at the site were outfitted with masks.
The nozzle of the fire hose was bright brass.
The intact seeds from the multiple source trees were bulked and t hose to be experimentally dispersed were selected at random from the bulked seeds.
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