单词 | shoe-brush |
释义 | > as lemmasshoe-brush shoe-brush n. a brush for cleaning and polishing shoes; also attributive of an object shaped like a shoe-brush. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > implement for shoe cloutc1425 shoe-rag1594 shoe-brush1740 blacking brush1850 boot-sponge1863 1740 E. Purefoy in Purefoy Lett. 8 Mar. (1931) II. x. 248 I received Mr Robotham's letter..with half a dozen of oranges, a dozen of Delft plates, & 2 shoe Brushes. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 12 This was done..with water and a stiff shoe-brush. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 185 For use in difficult angles an extra leggat is used, having a shoe-brush handle to make it easy to use in those awkard places. < as lemmas |
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