overshoe
/oh-ver-shoo/US // ˈoʊ vərˌʃu //UK // (ˈəʊvəˌʃuː) //
套鞋,套装鞋,套靴,套筒鞋
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a shoe or boot usually worn over another for protection in wet or cold weather, especially a waterproof outer shoe.
Examples
“I thought for a minute he was,” responded Louise, stooping to fasten the buckle of her heavy overshoe.
The mitten and overshoe theory may seem to you but a sad sign of approaching age and debility—and so none of them for you.
Jean broke up the crusted snow with the heel of her overshoe; then buried her feet in the powdery mound.
One day I noticed an odor that reminded me of a hot overshoe trying to smother a glue factory at the close of a tropical day.
Spring comes with joyous laugh, and song, and sunshine, and the burnt sacrifice of the over-ripe boot and the hoary overshoe.
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