plimsoll

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers. Ireland,UK
    — “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.
  2. The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point.

词形变化

plimsolls plural plimsol alternative plimsole alternative

词汇关系

近义词
dap pump sandshoe
衍生词
plimsolled
相关词
Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark

词源

From Samuel Plimsoll, a Bristol merchant who created a system of marks and symbols for the waterline of ships. The shoe was possibly named because the line of its sole resembled the Plimsoll line of ship.
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