单词 | sock |
释义 | sock 1 ![]() n. 1. A garment that covers the foot and part of the leg usually made of cotton or wool and worn for warmth or for protection from abrasion from a shoe or boot. 2. Meteorology A windsock. 3. a. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays. b. Comic drama; comedy: "He ... knew all niceties of the sock and buskin" (Byron). tr.v. socked, sock·ing, socks Phrasal Verbs: To provide with socks. sock away Informal To put (money) away in a safe place for future use. sock in To cause to be closed to traffic, as by reducing visibility or physically impeding passage: fog that socked in the airport; ice that socked in the harbor. [Middle English socke, from Old English socc, a kind of light shoe, from Latin soccus, possibly from Greek sunkhis, sukkhos, Phrygian shoe.] |
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