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词汇 hobnail-boot
释义 hobnail boot
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌhɒb.neɪl ˈbuːt/ us /ˌhɑːb.neɪl ˈbuːt/(alsohobnailed boot)
a heavy boot or shoe that has nails fixed into the bottom to make it last longer: 底部有防磨钉的靴子
The soldiers walk and fight, often for days, in hobnail boots.
He heard the sound of hobnailed boots climbing the wooden stairs.
Synonym
hobnail
 
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The flagstones in the hall have been worn smooth by years of hobnail boots.
We walked past a group of guerrillas in their army gear and big dark hobnail boots.
Those huge hobnailed boots could have kicked a hole in a castle wall.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shoes
ankle boot
ballet flat
ballet shoe
Birkenstock
bootie
gym shoe
high heels
high-heeled
high-top
hiking boot
running shoe
sandal
shoehorn
shoelace
shoemaker
walking boot
wedge
wedgie
wellie
wellington

Examples of hobnail boot


hobnail boot
If we have complete, unfettered licence to roam, someone could put a hobnailboot on it.
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If we do not control the most evil of crimes and set a tough tariff, judges will give carpet-slipper sentences instead of using hobnail boots.
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The last thing that anyone working in education needs is lack of clarity, hobnail boots and precipitate action born of an absence of criteria and evidence.
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