亚洲网紅露点

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buskin

[ buhs-kin ]

noun

  1. a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot.
  2. Also called cothurnus. the high, thick-soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians.
  3. buskins, stockings decorated with gold thread worn by a bishop at a Pontifical Mass.
  4. tragic drama; tragedy. Compare sock 1( def 3 ).
  5. the art of acting, especially tragic acting.
  6. a woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century.


buskin

/ 藞产蕦蝉办瑟苍 /

noun

  1. (formerly) a sandal-like covering for the foot and leg, reaching the calf and usually laced
  2. Also calledcothurnus a thick-soled laced half boot resembling this, worn esp by actors of ancient Greece
  3. the buskin literary.
    tragic drama
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of buskin1

1495鈥1505; probably alteration of Middle French bro ( u ) sequin, of uncertain origin
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of buskin1

C16: perhaps from Spanish 产辞谤锄别驳耻铆 ; related to Old French bouzequin , Italian borzacchino , of obscure origin
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She traced her fingers over the sock and buskin masks鈥攐ne sad, tragic face and one happy, comedic one鈥攚aiting for the door to open.

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Her little feet, true realizations of the typical Andalusian or Chinese foot, and which would have been lost in Cinderella's glass slippers, were shod with half-antique buskins of a tender lilac color, sprinkled with pearls.

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He will have no flowing or trailing vestments; no "Attic buskins," no "Persian sandals."

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Attired with theatrical buskins, a Phrygian cap and a blue chlamys over a transparent tunic, she was taken to the foot of the altar and seated there.

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A lion's head for a cap, a collar, and buskins are the sole articles of dress worn.

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