| 单词 | wing-tip |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswing-tip wing-tip n. (a) the tip of the wing of a bird, bat, or insect; (b) the outer end of the ‘wing’ of an aeroplane; (c) chiefly U.S., applied attributively to shoes with a toecap having a backward extending point and curving sides, suggestive of the shape of a wing; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > tip of wing wing-tip1872 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific shaped toes duck-bill1834 wing-tip1872 razor toe1895 point shoe1910 winkle-picker1960 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > tip wing-tip1872 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 175 The wing-tip projects only about ½ an inch beyond the secondaries. 1890 C. Darwin Descent of Man (ed. 2) ii. xi. 322 The female of Anthocharis cardamines does not possess the beautiful orange wing-tips of the male. 1909 Daily Chron. 2 Feb. 5/6 He..hesitated a second to see that the man at the wing tip was ready. 1928 World (N.Y.) 23 May 4/6 (advt.) Wing tip oxfords by Horsheim have unusually good style. 1971 Weekend World (Johannesburg) 9 May 14/5 (advt.) Walk tall in the elegant clean lines of a Bostonian wing-tip or genuine handsewn moccasin. 1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 45 Get a pair of black wingtip shoes. 1980 M. Gordon Company of Women i. ii. 38 The hard, expensive shoes of John F. Kennedy, the shoe with pinholes in the leather, wing tips they were called. < as lemmas |
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