| 释义 |
brogue
I. \ˈbrōg\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
Scotland : trick, prank
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Irish Gaelic & Scottish Gaelic brōg, from Middle Irish brōc, from Old Norse brōk leg covering — more at breech
1. or brogue shoe
a. : a stout coarse shoe made originally of half-dressed or untanned leather fastened with thongs and worn formerly in parts of Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands
b. : a heavy shoe often having a hobnailed sole : brogan
c. : a stout oxford shoe with ornamental foxing and perforations; especially : one having a wing tip
2. brogues plural, obsolete : trousers, leggings
III. intransitive verb
(brogued ; brogued ; broguing ; brogues)
1. : to walk in brogues
2. chiefly Midland : to go about idly : loaf — used often with around
< just broguing around >
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from Irish Gaelic barrōg grip, wrestling hold; from the idea that features of pronunciation noticeably different from one's own must be the result of a physical impediment to the freedom of motion of the speaker's tongue
: a dialectal or regional pronunciation; especially : an Irish accent
V. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to utter with a brogue |