单词 | high-shoed |
释义 | high-shoedadj. 1. Wearing high shoes (high shoe n. 1). Cf. high-shod adj. 1. rare between early 18th and mid 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other well-shod1509 pattened1519 pumped1600 soleated1623 high-shoed1649 red-heeled1716 sandalled1802 brogue-shod1812 high-shod1856 high-shoed1868 snow-shoed1896 plimsolled1955 sneakered1961 1649 T. Pierce Caroli Τοῦ Μαχαρίτου 2 The Swain High shoo'd Bootes leapt into the Wain. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. 1 The Conversation of..High-shoo'd Peasants and their wiser Cattle. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 497 Who..rejoice as much in their homely Dame, and ragged Children, together with their High-shoed Companions, as those who can..domineer over Kingdoms. 1950 W. J. Ashton Voice in West iv. 104 High-shoed men and hoop-skirted women swung in the cotillion, the minuet, and square dances. 1996 R. A. Lupoff in R. M. Price New Lovecraft Circle 326 Karlos Karch, long overcoat hanging to his high-shoed ankles, took position at the cast-iron door. 2. Wearing shoes with high heels or soles. Cf. high-shod adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing shoes > other well-shod1509 pattened1519 pumped1600 soleated1623 high-shoed1649 red-heeled1716 sandalled1802 brogue-shod1812 high-shod1856 high-shoed1868 snow-shoed1896 plimsolled1955 sneakered1961 1868 Putnam's Mag. Feb. 196 On these oaken floors, High-shoed ladies trod. 1881 E. Fawcett Gentleman of Leisure (ed. 7) ii. 21 The high-shoed and powdered ladies who aired their brocades at Bourbon courts. 1969 J. M. Pitrone Trailblazer ii. 18 Her black-stockinged and high-shoed legs stuck out straight in front of her. 2004 C. Miéville Iron Council (2005) 254 They run to see the arachnid thing pick dainty as a high-shoed girl down the sheer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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