单词 | bootblack |
释义 | bootblack (once / 17007 pages) n WORD FAMILY bootblack: bootblacks USAGE EXAMPLESAs soon as they settled in, he founded his first “business” — a shoeshine box he used to bootblack the village’s aldermen. Forbes(Jun 27, 2014) Back when I was growing up, the “successful” Lansing Negroes were such as waiters and bootblacks. Alex Malcolm X;Hailey, The Autobiography of Malcolm X(1965) Every shop and café had an inscription saying it had been collectivized; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black. Salon(Jan 11, 2014) n a person who polishes shoes and boots Syn|Hyper shoeblack unskilled person a person who lacks technical training |
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