soft shoe

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville. uncountable
    — Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the old soft shoe and more.
  2. A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone. idiomatic,uncountable
    — Is the salesman's soft-shoe appropriate in a time of national mourning?
动词 v.
  1. To perform a dance of this kind.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to this kind of dancing. not-comparable
  2. Casual, low-key, easy-going. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — Occasionally criticized for his soft-shoe approach (e.g., he urged the President to avoid a public squabble with Joe McCarthy), Persons nonetheless won many a legislator over to the Administration side.

词形变化

softshoe alternative soft-shoe alternative softshoe alternative soft-shoe alternative soft shoes present,singular,third-person soft shoeing participle,present soft shoed participle,past soft shoed past softshoe alternative soft-shoe alternative
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