plimsoll
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++plim·soll /ˈplɪmsəl, -səʊl $ -səl, -soʊl/ noun [countable] British English DCCa cotton shoe with a flat rubber sole 橡胶底帆布鞋，胶底运动鞋 SYN American English sneaker
Examples from the Corpus
plimsoll• Connor in vest and trousers - Huw Pritchard stripped to the waist, wearing boxing-gloves, shorts and plimsolls.• I have been allowed to take off my shirt and am working in just shorts and plimsolls.• Canvas plimsolls are a better, cheaper bet for keeping cool in hot weather.• Novices will find plimsolls and sailing gloves useful.• They clustered around his ankles, hiding his plimsolls entirely from view.• His plimsolls were now caked in heavy clods of wet earth and his jersey was already wet from his soaked mackintosh.• The rigidity and traction of the EBs was far superior to spongy plimsolls.• One girl who turned up for night duty wearing plimsolls received a proper rocket.Origin plimsoll (1800-1900) Plimsoll line, probably because of the line around the shoe where the sole meets the top partplim·soll nounChineseSyllable
a with sole cotton shoe rubber a flat Corpus
plimsoll
plim‧soll /ˈplɪmsəl, -səʊl $ -səl, -soʊl/
noun [countable] British English
SYN sneaker American English
plim‧soll /ˈplɪmsəl, -səʊl $ -səl, -soʊl/
noun [countable] British English Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Plimsoll line, probably because of the line around the shoe where the sole meets the top part
a cotton shoe with a flat rubber sole Origin: Plimsoll line, probably because of the line around the shoe where the sole meets the top part
SYN sneaker American English