white-shoe

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stereotypical male Ivy League college student. US,slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Effeminate or immature. US,slang
  2. Establishment; pertaining to mainstream US social power-structures. US,slang
    — Dulles had been a junior diplomat after World War I and a white-shoe Wall Street lawyer in the Depression.

词形变化

white-shoes plural more white-shoe comparative most white-shoe superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
white-shoe firm

词源

词源 1
For the noun, from their traditional footwear. For the adjective, from the preponderance of Ivy League graduates hired by such firms.
词源 2
For the noun, from their traditional footwear. For the adjective, from the preponderance of Ivy League graduates hired by such firms.
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