网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 blunnies
释义

Definition of blunnies in English:

blunnies

plural nounˈblʌnɪz
Australian informal
  • Stout leather boots with elasticated panels at the ankles.

    tradespeople across the country love their blunnies
    my attire was black leggings, black blunnies, and a soft black turtleneck sweater
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dust is being dumped over the windscreen, and all you can see is black, with a loud bang to boot, which scares the blunnies off your toes.
    • Oh, well, my blunnies get me out and back again.
    • Indeed, real chooks do appear in these novels as part of the scenery, as do other features of outback life—utes, kelpies, cattle, and blunnies.
    • Longshoremen and construction workers sporting fluorescent vests and dusty blunnies rub shoulders with office workers in their smart suits and shiny shoes.
    • I love my blunnies, and I wear them for work every day.
    • Blunnies are old faithful boots that last for years and years and never let you down!
    • This means the days of blunnies simply being a pair of hard-wearing work boots might be numbered.
    • She was confused with the word 'blundies' until she realized that he was referring to the famous Tasmanian work boots which Australians commonly refer to as blunnies.
    • No worries—your Blunnies will go the distance!
    • I put the mower together, slipped on the blunnies, then spent a couple of hours mowing, raking, and shearing in the sunshine.

Origin

1980s: from the brand name Blundstone.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/28 16:04:08