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单词 shoeing
释义

shoe /shoo/

noun (pl shoes /shooz/; also (archaic and dialect) shoon /shoon, also (Scot) shün or shin/)
  1. A stiff outer covering for the foot, not coming above the ankle (or in the USA not much above)
  2. A rim of iron nailed to a hoof
  3. Anything in form, position, or use like a shoe, as in a metal tip or ferrule, a piece attached where there is friction, a drag for a wheel, the part of a brake that comes in contact with the wheel, etc, the block by which an electric tractor collects current
  4. The short bent part at the bottom of a downpipe that directs water away from the wall (building)
  5. A box-like device for dispensing playing-cards singly (gambling)
transitive verb (shoeˈing; shod /shod/ or shoed /shood/)

To put shoes or a shoe on

ORIGIN: OE scōh (pl scōs); Gothic shōhs, Ger Schuh

shod adjective

shoeˈing noun

shoeˈless adjective

shoer /shooˈər/ noun

A person who shoes horses

shoeˈbill noun

A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) with a heavy bill (also called shoebill stork, whale-head, whale-headed stork)

shoeˈblack noun

Someone who polishes shoes, a bootblack

shoe brush noun

shoe buckle noun

shoeˈhorn noun

  1. A curved implement with a handle used for easing the heel into the back of a shoe
  2. Anything serving to facilitate something else (old)

transitive verb (figurative)

To fit, squeeze or compress into a tight or insufficient space

shoeˈlace noun

A cord passed through eyelet-holes to fasten a shoe

shoe latchet noun

A thong for fastening a shoe, sandal, etc

shoe leather noun

  1. Leather for shoes
  2. Shoes generally

shoeˈmaker noun

A person who makes (now more often only sells or mends) shoes and boots

shoeˈmaking noun

shoe nail noun

  1. A nail for fastening a horseshoe
  2. A nail for a shoe sole

shoe peg noun

A peg for fastening parts of a shoe together

shoeˈshine noun

  1. (the act of) polishing shoes
  2. The shiny appearance of polished shoes

shoeˈshiner noun

shoe shop noun

shoeˈstring noun

  1. A shoelace (US)
  2. A minimum of money or capital (informal)

adjective

  1. Operated, produced, etc on a minimum of money or capital
  2. Petty, paltry (US)

shoestring fungus noun

The honey fungus (qv)

shoe tie noun

A (fancy) shoelace

shoeˈtree noun

A support, usu of wood or metal, inserted in a shoe when it is not being worn, in order to preserve its shape

another pair of shoes (informal)

Quite a different matter

be in, fill or step into someone's (or a dead man's) shoes

To be in, or succeed to, someone's place

die in one's shoes

To die by violence, esp by hanging

on a shoestring

With an extremely small amount of capital

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