请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 galosh
释义

Definition of galosh in English:

galosh

noun ɡəˈlɒʃɡəˈlɑʃ
usually galoshes
  • A waterproof overshoe, typically made of rubber.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He remembers her as a non-stereotypical 1950s housewife, riding her white bicycle down the middle of the high street while smoking a Woodbine and wearing rubber, high-heeled glitter-flecked galoshes.
    • We wore galoshes as children and they were awful.
    • Not your typical galoshes, the slick rubber booties have an adorable white heel and are less about puddle-splashing, more about stylish strolls in the mist.
    • If that's so, then Oulipo practitioners would make the game more interesting by demanding that Serena, Venus, and their challengers play while wearing boxing gloves and galoshes.
    • Stylish and comfortable, our galoshes are the ultimate in designer funky rubber boots for women, men and children.
    • Rubber boots or galoshes protect your feet but it is also important to protect your eyes and hands.
    • I wore a soft yellow skirt, a black lacy shirt, and a pair of light green rubber galoshes with daisies on them.
    • New England Overshoe makes ‘performance over-shoes,’ which are galoshes with traction soles that fit over sneakers, sandals, wing tips, or other shoes for waterproof use on street and trail.
    • By the time we finally got to the rock, there were 22 leeches resident in my boots, but none had penetrated the galoshes.
    • The man, my dears, who wears galoshes and is careful about wrapping himself up well before venturing into the night air, not infrequently makes a good invalid husband that mostly stops at home, and is easily comforted with slops.
    • Lightweight rubber boots and galoshes are manufactured using a process called slush molding.
    • We pass plunky, unstable three-wheeled tractors, sand-matted camels, men in traditional long coats and boots with galoshes riding dusky, ballet-toed donkeys, and patient families with small, plastic bundles waiting for lifts.
    • The cauliflower picking occurred rain or shine - my father tells me about watching over my pregnant mom, in galoshes and a rain coat, bent over and picking cauliflower.
    • Made between 1750 and 1830, pattens were worn over the shoes and served to raise the wearer's foot above the mud and dirt beneath, rather like prototypical galoshes.
    • The sailors were yelling orders to one another and all were dressed in big, yellow raincoats along with rubber galoshes and black hats.
    • We could tell when spring came because then he wore sandals, instead of galoshes, on his daily walk from the small, clapboard, green-shuttered house to the Institute.
    • In the title story, a man loses a galosh on a tram and scales the mountains of Soviet bureaucracy to reclaim it, but misplaces his other galosh on the way.
    • In one humorous letter he provides elaborate mathematical equations to determine the best way to keep his galoshes from being pulled off his feet by the suction force of the thick mud in the streets.
    • We find petty traders and hawkers eking out a living by peddling a few ribbons, a pair of galoshes, or low-quality tobacco, and ordinary men and women, who resorted to selling their personal belongings at markets.
    • I know that's what I'd do if I had a pair of pink galoshes, but then I seem to have misplaced my responsible adult somewhere along the way so I would, wouldn't I?
    Synonyms
    gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot

Origin

Middle English (denoting a type of clog): via Old French from late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) 'Gallic (shoe)'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

  • A galosh was originally a type of clog. It comes via Old French from late Latin gallicula, a diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) ‘Gallic (shoe)’. The current use of the word for a waterproof overshoe dates from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

awash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cloche, cohosh, cosh, dosh, Foch, gosh, josh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, splosh, squash, swash, tosh, wash
 
 

Definition of galosh in US English:

galosh

nounɡəˈläSHɡəˈlɑʃ
usually galoshes
  • A waterproof overshoe, typically made of rubber.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In one humorous letter he provides elaborate mathematical equations to determine the best way to keep his galoshes from being pulled off his feet by the suction force of the thick mud in the streets.
    • He remembers her as a non-stereotypical 1950s housewife, riding her white bicycle down the middle of the high street while smoking a Woodbine and wearing rubber, high-heeled glitter-flecked galoshes.
    • The cauliflower picking occurred rain or shine - my father tells me about watching over my pregnant mom, in galoshes and a rain coat, bent over and picking cauliflower.
    • We could tell when spring came because then he wore sandals, instead of galoshes, on his daily walk from the small, clapboard, green-shuttered house to the Institute.
    • By the time we finally got to the rock, there were 22 leeches resident in my boots, but none had penetrated the galoshes.
    • New England Overshoe makes ‘performance over-shoes,’ which are galoshes with traction soles that fit over sneakers, sandals, wing tips, or other shoes for waterproof use on street and trail.
    • Not your typical galoshes, the slick rubber booties have an adorable white heel and are less about puddle-splashing, more about stylish strolls in the mist.
    • In the title story, a man loses a galosh on a tram and scales the mountains of Soviet bureaucracy to reclaim it, but misplaces his other galosh on the way.
    • I wore a soft yellow skirt, a black lacy shirt, and a pair of light green rubber galoshes with daisies on them.
    • Rubber boots or galoshes protect your feet but it is also important to protect your eyes and hands.
    • Stylish and comfortable, our galoshes are the ultimate in designer funky rubber boots for women, men and children.
    • We pass plunky, unstable three-wheeled tractors, sand-matted camels, men in traditional long coats and boots with galoshes riding dusky, ballet-toed donkeys, and patient families with small, plastic bundles waiting for lifts.
    • We find petty traders and hawkers eking out a living by peddling a few ribbons, a pair of galoshes, or low-quality tobacco, and ordinary men and women, who resorted to selling their personal belongings at markets.
    • We wore galoshes as children and they were awful.
    • The man, my dears, who wears galoshes and is careful about wrapping himself up well before venturing into the night air, not infrequently makes a good invalid husband that mostly stops at home, and is easily comforted with slops.
    • The sailors were yelling orders to one another and all were dressed in big, yellow raincoats along with rubber galoshes and black hats.
    • Lightweight rubber boots and galoshes are manufactured using a process called slush molding.
    • If that's so, then Oulipo practitioners would make the game more interesting by demanding that Serena, Venus, and their challengers play while wearing boxing gloves and galoshes.
    • Made between 1750 and 1830, pattens were worn over the shoes and served to raise the wearer's foot above the mud and dirt beneath, rather like prototypical galoshes.
    • I know that's what I'd do if I had a pair of pink galoshes, but then I seem to have misplaced my responsible adult somewhere along the way so I would, wouldn't I?
    Synonyms
    gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, jackboot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot

Origin

Middle English (denoting a type of clog): via Old French from late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) ‘Gallic (shoe)’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 4:19:47