单词 | sandal |
释义 | sandal 1. n. & v. --n   1. a light shoe with an openwork upper or no upper, attached to the foot usu. by straps.   2. a strap for fastening a low shoe, passing over the instep or around the ankle. --vtr. (sandalled, sandalling; US sandaled, sandaling)   1. (esp. as sandalled adj.) put sandals on (a person, his feet).   2. fasten or provide (a shoe) with a sandal. Etymology: ME f. L sandalium f. Gk sandalion dimin. of sandalon wooden shoe, prob. of Asiatic orig. 2. n. = SANDALWOOD. Phrases and idioms sandal-tree any tree yielding sandalwood, esp. the white sandalwood, Santalum album, of India. Etymology: ME f. med.L sandalum, ult. f. Skr. candana |
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