| 单词 | a face like a sea-boot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa face like a sea-boot sea-boot n. (also in Nautical slang phrase a face like a sea-boot n., a dejected or wry expression) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > assuming or presenting dejected appearance > dejected expression loura1400 glum?1499 Friday-face1592 Friday-looka1716 a face like a sea-boot1916 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick ix. 44 A low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin viii. 150 Wot's up wi' yer? You've got a face on yer like a sea-boot. 1946 Nature 14 Sept. 386/2 Land Army hose, sea-boot stockings,..and jungle-green pullovers also came under the scheme. 1971 G. M. Brown Fishermen with Ploughs 47 His sea boots filled, and Willag said no more. < as lemmas |
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