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moccasin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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moc·ca·sin /ˈmɒkəsɪn $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]  moccasins.jpg DCCa flat comfortable shoe made of soft leather 莫卡辛鞋,软帮平底鞋5 see picture at 见图 shoe1
Examples from the Corpus
moccasinBlack snakes and moccasins every few hundred yards.These are moccasins made of caribou.All their shoes assembled by the front door, there must have been two dozen pairs, sandals, boots, moccasins.Her boots were ankle-high moccasins.Bergman did observe that the young man was shod with brand new moccasins of ox hide.Huge inventories of cultural traits, such as pot and basket designs or types of moccasins, were built up.Sitting down, he kicked off his painted moccasins, one red and one green.She wore loose black pyjamas, moccasins and a black brassiere.
Origin moccasin (1600-1700) Virginia Algonquian mockasin
moc·ca·sin nounChineseSyllable
a leather Corpus flat of soft comfortable shoe made


moccasin
moccasin /ˈmɒkəsɪn $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Virginia Algonquian
 Origin: mockasin

a flat comfortable shoe made of soft leather


moc·ca·sinBrE /ˈmɒkəsɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɑːkəsɪn/ 🔊 noun
a flat shoe that is made from soft leather and has large stitches around the front, of a type originally worn by Native Americans 莫卡辛软皮鞋(原为美洲土著所穿);软帮皮鞋