资料来源 : pyDict
短统靴;悲剧
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Buskin \Bus"kin\, n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken.
See {Brodekin}.]
1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some
distance up the leg.
The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy
buskins well supplied. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very
thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and
Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as
distinguished from comedy.
Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No
greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
资料来源 : WordNet®
buskin
n : a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: {chukka boot},
{combat boot}, {desert boot}, {half boot}, {top boot}]