cleat

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cleat /kliːt/ noun [countable]  1. TDa small bar with two short arms around which ropes can be tied, especially on a ship 〔尤指船上系绳用的〕羊角，系索耳2. [usually plural]DC a short piece of rubber, metal etc attached to the bottom of a sports shoe in order to prevent someone from slipping 〔运动鞋底上的〕防滑钉 SYN stud3. cleats [plural] American English a pair of sports shoes with these pieces attached to them 防滑鞋 → spikes →4  See picture of 见图 footwear

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cleat• Bats and batting helmets as well as gloves and cleats were collected.• A new Skywalk sole with an environmentally-friendly cleat pattern gives a good grip even on slippery rocks.• Janir stood out in center field wearing his cleats, his uniform and the new glove we had bought and oiled.• I pointed out the crampons, the little cleats attached to the bottoms.• There were powder burns all over the Raiders' cleats at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday.• He sat hunched by the stern cleat, knife ready to cut the Zodiac free.• When he unwound the rope from the cleat the bell rang once.• The foredeck man snubbed it on the cleat.Origin cleat (1300-1400) Probably from an unrecorded Old English cleat

cleat nounChinese  

arms small ropes around bar with a short two which Corpus

cleat
cleat /kliːt/ noun [countable]1. a small bar with two short arms around which ropes can be tied, especially on a ship
2. [usually plural] a short piece of rubber, metal etc attached to the bottom of a sports shoe
   SYN  stud
3. cleats [plural] American English a pair of sports shoes with these pieces attached to them, in order to prevent someone from slipping ⇨ spikes

cleatBrE /kliːt/ 🔊NAmE /kliːt/ 🔊 noun [countable] a small wooden or metal bar fastened to sth, on which ropes may be fastened by winding （可绕绳索的）小木桩，金属桩 [countable] a piece of rubber on the bottom of a shoe, etc. to stop it from slipping （鞋底等的）防滑钉cleats [plural] (NAmE) shoes with cleats, often worn for playing sports 防滑（运动）鞋  ➡  compare football boot, spike noun (2) , stud (3)