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buskin

/buhs-kin/US // ˈbʌs kɪn //UK // (ˈbʌskɪn) //

巴斯金,巴斯基,公益金,巴斯克

Related Words

stockings长袜,袜子,长统袜,长筒袜putts推球,推杆,推投,推推球chaps皲裂,机会,皲裂的,皲裂的皮肤puttees软软椅,帆布鞋,裤子,莆田人buskins蒲公英,灌木丛chukka boot夹头靴,夹脚靴,夹棍靴,夹头鞋jackboot千斤顶,千里马,千层底,千足虫top boot顶靴,顶盖,顶配靴,顶层靴leggins紧身裤,裤袜,裤腿,绑腿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot.
    • : Also called cothurnus. the high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
    • : buskins, stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass.
    • : tragic drama; tragedy.Compare sock.
    • : the art of acting, especially tragic acting.
    • : a woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incombat boot
Synonyms
army boot军靴,陆军靴,战靴,军队靴chukka boot夹头靴,夹脚靴,夹棍靴,夹头鞋jackboot千斤顶,千里马,千层底,千足虫top boot顶靴,顶盖,顶配靴,顶层靴
as inleggings
Synonyms
buskins蒲公英,灌木丛chaps皲裂,机会,皲裂的,皲裂的皮肤puttees软软椅,帆布鞋,裤子,莆田人putts推球,推杆,推投,推推球stockings长袜,袜子,长统袜,长筒袜half-bootsleggins紧身裤,裤袜,裤腿,绑腿

Examples

  • We are pleased to find a small man without the buskin, and obvious sentiments stated without affectation.

  • At this point o'erpower'd I fail, Unequal to my theme, as never bard Of buskin or of sock hath fail'd before.

  • Better to wear mask and buskin than to mar by any modernity of expression the calm majesty of Melpomene.

  • Tyrian maidens are wont ever to wear the quiver, to tie the purple buskin high above their ankle.

  • Such an undertaking by no means befits the low-heeled buskin of modern fiction.

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