Gaiter
['geɪtə] or ['getɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle.
(noun.) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides.
錄入:莫拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
(n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
(v. t.) To dress with gaiters.
德洛丽丝整理
解釋/意思:
n. a covering of cloth &c. for the ankle fitting down upon the shoe.
整理:罗伯塔
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of gaiters, foretells pleasant amusements and rivalries.
校對:维托
例句/造句/用法:
- At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Bless his old gaiters,' rejoined Sam, looking out at the garden door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He wore gaiters, and carried a heavy stick with a knob to it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He would have taken his gaiters off his legs, to give away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He was a short, bald old man, in a high-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab gaiters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It's all a matter of prejudice--prejudice with the law on its side, you know--about the stick and the gaiters, and so on. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He wore a broad-brimmed white hat, a light shooting jacket, white trousers, and drab gaiters. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He wore thick shoes, and thick leather gaiters, and thick gloves like a hedger's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mornin', gen'l'm'n,' said Sam, entering at the moment with the shoes and gaiters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-grey trousers. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- When I left, at nine o'clock, she was kneeling on the ground at the Doctor's feet, putting on his shoes and gaiters for him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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