boxershortsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• boxer short (uncommon)

語源

Named after the shorts worn by those who engage in boxing, as their elasticity is comparable to that of what boxers must wear for unhindered leg movement.

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名詞

boxer shorts pl (plural only, attributive boxer-short or boxer short)

1. Shorts worn as underwear by men.
   • 1985 April 29, New York Magazine, page 28:

     The average man's wardrobe holds eight pairs of boxer shorts or briefs; the average woman's, twice as many undies.

   • 2018 August 9, Alan Burdick, “Science has Resolved the Question of Boxers vs. Briefs”, in The New Yorker‎, archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     In 1925, boxer shorts were unleashed on the world: loose-fitting underwear for men, featuring an elastic waistband inspired by the shorts worn by boxers. It was underwear for the inner pugilist.

   • 2020, Feyisayo Anjorin, One Week in the Life of a Hypocrite, page 59:

     Bosun grabbed the car key on the bookshelf in his bedroom and ran to the door, only to realize at the door that he should not go to the state police headquarters in boxer shorts, socks, and this white V-neck shirt.

等位語

派生語

• boxers
• boxer briefs