PYJAMAS


Meaning of PYJAMAS in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

striped

Neither could she approve his striped pyjamas , coarse and unpleasing in contrast to Maman's ribboned cambric nightdress.

On the nine o'clock news she watched Alan sitting in bed, wearing striped pyjamas .

When he first started out, he used to wear a pair of very baggy, red striped pyjamas !

Our fellow sleeper is large and silent, a heavy seriousness dictates his majestic arrival in striped pyjamas .

He wears a black and red kimono over blue striped pyjamas .

■ VERB

wear

Maybe he didn't even wear pyjamas .

On the nine o'clock news she watched Alan sitting in bed, wearing striped pyjamas .

A few girls in my class did a sponsored spell and wore their pyjamas to school!

He was wearing his new pyjamas and he lay back seductively.

Always they were naked, and I was surprised they didn't wear pyjamas or a nightshirt like me.

She wore loose black pyjamas , moccasins and a black brassiere.

The groom was wearing white pyjamas and a pill-box hat.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the cat's whiskers/pyjamas

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I stripped off my pyjamas and restored them to the rucksack.

It is in two pieces, like a pair of pyjamas .

Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets.

Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.

She was wearing a dressing gown and pyjamas .

Still in his pyjamas Brian switched on the fountain, and the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away.

The pyjamas , creased and oddly old-fashioned looking, hung about his hips with an air of impermanence.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.