Shoe

[ʃuː] or [ʃu]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.

(noun.) (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.

(verb.) furnish with shoes; 'the children were well shoed'.

海丝特編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

(n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.

(n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

(n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

(n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

(n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

(n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

(n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

(n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

(n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.

(n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

(n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

杰西編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a covering for the foot not coming above the ankle: a rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to keep it from injury: anything in form or use like a shoe:—pl. Shoes (shōōz).—v.t. to furnish with shoes: to cover at the bottom:—pr.p. shoe′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. shod.—ns. Shoe′-bill the whalehead (Bal鎛iceps); Shoe′black one who blacks and cleans shoes or boots; Shoe′-black′ing blacking for boots and shoes; Shoe′-boy a boy who cleans shoes; Shoe′-brush a brush for cleaning boots or shoes; Shoe′-buck′le a buckle for fastening the shoe on the foot by means of a latchet passing over the instep; Shoe′-hamm′er a broad-faced hammer for pounding leather and for driving pegs &c.; Shoe′horn a curved piece of horn or metal used in putting on a shoe; Shoe′ing-horn a shoehorn: (obs.) anything by which a transaction is facilitated; Shoe′-lace a shoe-string; Shoe′-latch′et a thong for holding a shoe sandal &c. on the foot; Shoe′-leath′er leather for shoes: shoes or shoeing generally.—adj. Shoe′less destitute of shoes.—ns. Shoe′maker one whose trade or occupation is to make shoes or boots; Shoe′making; Shoe′-peg a small peg of wood or metal for fastening different parts of a shoe together; Sho′er one who furnishes shoes a horse-shoer; Shoe′-stretch′er a last having a movable piece for distending the leather of the shoe in any part; Shoe′-string a string used to draw the sides of the shoe or boot together; Shoe′-tie a cord or string for lacing a shoe: (Shak.) a traveller; Shoe′-work′er one employed in a shoe-factory.—Another pair of shoes (coll.) quite a different matter; Be in one's shoes or boots to be in one's place; Die in one's shoes to die by violence esp. by hanging; Put the shoe on the right foot to lay the blame where it rightly belongs.

校對:琳达