veldskoen

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɛldskʊn/|/ˈfɛltskʊn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour. South-Africa
    — [A]ll my life I've been surrounded by violence. Not in the way any of my quite long line of pioneer forefathers experienced it, leaving their veldskoen tracks through history […]

词形变化

veldskoens plural veldskoene plural veldschoen alternative

词源

Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by Afrikaans veldskoen.
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