Residents suffering through the brutal winters of Minnesota are finding interesting ways to entertain themselves.

近日，暴风雪席卷了美国明尼苏达州，当地居民在饱受严寒之苦时，还不忘自娱自乐。

With winter comes plenty of new activities like sledding, ice skating and of course snowball fights, but when it's too cold to stay outside for more than 15 minutes, it's time for a new activity: frozen pants.

随着冬日降临，滑雪橇、溜冰、打雪仗等众多新活动随之而来。嫌气温太低，在室外待不过15分钟？那你可以试试这个新玩法：冷冻裤。

The trend seems to have started with Minneapolis resident Tom Grotting, who is well known in the area for freezing his pants and displaying them for his neighbors to see, ABC News reports.

据美国广播公司资讯网（ABC资讯）报道，家住明尼阿波利斯的汤姆·格罗廷似乎是该活动的发起人。他把冷冻裤放在外面展示给邻居们看的举动，在当地颇为有名。

Seeing pants like this sort of looks like a mix between a bad jeans ad and a horror film, and it's certain to get at least a few double takes.

这些冷冻裤造型有点像蹩脚的牛仔裤广告，又有点像恐怖片布景。路人乍看之下为之一愣，细细打量后，却又恍然大悟。

Grotting explains that in order to get the pants to stand up, he soaks them in a bucket of water, then hangs them outside as they freeze.

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