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单词 alpargata
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alpargatan.

Brit. /ˌalpɑːˈɡɑːtə/, U.S. /ˌælpə(r)ˈɡɑdə/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– alpergata, 1600s– alpargate, 1700s– alpargata, 1800s alpargáte; Caribbean 1900s– alfagat, 1900s– allfagat, 1900s– alpagat, 1900s– alpagata, 1900s– alpargat, 1900s– alphagatta, 1900s– alphagatter.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French alpargate; Spanish alpargata.
Etymology: < (i) French alpargate (1612 in the passage translated in quot. 1613), and its etymon (ii) Spanish alpargata (a1493; also alpargate (1495), (rare) †alpergata (1638 or earlier; compare quot. 1650)) < Spanish Arabic al-parġāt < Arabic al- the + Spanish Arabic parġāt, plural of parġa (recorded in Pedro de Alcala's Arabic–Spanish glossary, 1505) < (with elision of the initial vowel) Spanish abarca (10th cent. as †avarca), denoting a kind of sandal, of uncertain origin, probably a loanword. Compare Portuguese alpergata, denoting a kind of sandal (a1557 as †alpargate, a1595 as †alpergate), and also Spanish †alparga (1563).Compare the following earlier instances, in an Indian geographical setting, of a borrowing < Portuguese †alparca kind of sandal (a1508 as †halparca; < Spanish Arabic al-parġa):1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xliii. 80/1 The Moores..leaue their Alparcos (which are their shoes) standing at the Church dore [i.e. at the door of the mosque] before they goe in.1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo ii. 74 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Their Shoes [worn by the inhabitants of Konkan and Deccan in India], which they call Alparcas, are of wood, ty'd up over the Instep with straps of Leather. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) gives the pronunciation as (alpaɹgā·tă) /alpɑːˈɡɑːtə/.
Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a light canvas shoe with a plaited fibre sole; an espadrille. In later use also Caribbean: a flat-soled sandal having a strap of canvas, leather, or some other material.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with straps or thongs > sandal > types of
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1613 W. Shute tr. J. J. Orlers & H. van Haestens Triumphs of Nassau 62 The sayd fleet was likewise furnished with..shooes which the Spanyards call Zapatos, and eleuen thousand paire of other shooes which they terme Alpargates [Fr. Alpargates].
1650 T. Thorowgood tr. A. Monterinos in Iewes in Amer. iii. x. 132 The Indian..bid him..put on his Alpergatas (these are a certaine sort of shooes which the Indians weare) and take this staffe and follow him.
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. v. ii. 175 If one should say polaynas and alpargatas, canst immediately tell the inventor of them?
1802 tr. C. A. Fischer Trav. Spain xliii. 365 The lower classes wear alpargatas or shoes made of packthread.
1827 J. P. Hamilton Trav. Interior Provinces Columbia I. 217 They had not a pair of shoes and stockings in the whole battalion; the officers wearing alpargátes.
1897 H. F. Gadow In Northern Spain iv. 63 My companions wore alpargatas, namely, canvas shoes with thick soles of plaited hemp or grass.
1924 Blackwood's Mag. June 797/2 A middle-aged rather weather-beaten man, with one foot in a black boot, and the other in an alpargata, came into the saloon.
1953 P. S. Allfrey Orchid House v. 66 Her legs were bare and she was wearing alpagatas—brief leather soles strung together over toes and heels.
2004 P. Eisner Freedom Line (2005) iii. x. 206 He could feel his foot and his toes wriggle on the soft rope soles of his alpargatas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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