plimsoll
/plim-suhl, -sohl/US // ˈplɪm səl, -soʊl //UK // (ˈplɪmsəl) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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British.
- : a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.
Examples
Three types of footwear -- including a brogue, a plimsoll, and an evening slipper -- established the basis for Katrantzou's theme.
Adrian Plimsoll sat at breakfast, sipping his hot water and crumbling a dry biscuit.
Perhaps some of the best were those of which Mr. Plimsoll had experience.
Some were still in the stream, loaded with wheat to the Plimsoll mark, ready to depart with the next tide.
There was no Plimsoll mark in those days, and this cockle-shell of a vessel was literally loaded down to the scuppers.
Mr. Plimsoll speaks in tones of admiration of the honest hard-working men whom he met in his lodging-house.
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