buskin

n. 厚底靴, (喻)悲剧

发音

其它 /ˈbʌskɪn/

词形变化

buskins 复数 buskins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.

    宗教
  3. 3.

    A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.

    历史
  4. 4.

    Tragic drama; tragedy.

    引申义
  5. 5.

    An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

combat boot desert boot half-boot topboot

上位词 1

boot

相关短语

sock and buskin

词源

Apparently from Old French bousequin, variant of brousequin (compare modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin.

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