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单词 well booted
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well bootedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛl ˈbuːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛl ˈbudəd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and booted adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., booted adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + booted adj.
Wearing or provided with good boots.
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buskined1588
well booted1608
jackbooted1763
high-lowed1839
ankle-jacked1842
beetle-crushing1871
larriganed1904
gumbooted1930
1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. F4 Their purses being warmly lined with some purchase gotten before, and they them-selues well booted and spurd, and in reasonable good out-sides.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1656) (Eph. vi. 15) 772 As one that is well booted or buskind can walk unhurt amidst bryers and brambles.
1695 C. Ness 2nd Vol. Sacred Hist. & Myst. Old Test. App. to Vol. I. 3 We have great need therefore to be well shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace, Eph. 6.15. [ἐυχνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ] well booted Christians.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 55 Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, And flee o'er the hills like a craw, man.
1894 A. Lang Ban & Arrière Ban 45 Lady, lady neat..Wherefore dost thou hie, Stealthy, down the street, On well-booted feet?
1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica iii. 77 ‘It's as broad as life,’ said Mr. Ramage,..putting a well-booted foot up on the bottom rail.
1962 Transition No. 3. 46/1 The rustle of a newspaper or stamp of a well booted foot is often sufficient to scare them [sc. snakes] away.
2000 Fortnight Feb. 25/2 In the morning, well booted of course to prevent anything untoward happening to my toes, I approached the kitchen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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