brogue
英 [brəʊɡ]
美 [broʊɡ]
n. (粗革)拷花皮鞋; 口音; (尤指讲英语的爱尔兰或苏格兰人的)土腔
复数:brogues
BNC.24044 / COCA.27859
牛津词典
noun
- (粗革)拷花皮鞋
a strong shoe which usually has a pattern in the leather- a pair of brogues
一双拷花皮鞋
- a pair of brogues
- 口音;(尤指讲英语的爱尔兰或苏格兰人的)土腔
the accent that sb has when they are speaking, especially the accent of Irish or Scottish speakers of English
柯林斯词典
- N-SING (尤指爱尔兰人或苏格兰人说英语时带有的)土腔,方言口音
If someone has abrogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.- Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
吉尔说话带有轻微的爱尔兰口音。
- Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
- (带有花纹的)粗皮鞋
Broguesare thick leather shoes which have an elaborate pattern punched into the leather.
英英释义
noun
- a thick and heavy shoe
双语例句
- You can spot an Irishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue.
你们一听爱尔兰人或者约克郡人的土音,就能辨别出他是哪里的人。 - From Nigella Lawson's sultry tones to Liam Neeson's Ulster brogue and even Gordon Ramsay's angry rants, demand has more than doubled in the past year.
去年,妮格拉•罗森性感的声音和连姆•尼森的爱尔兰口音,甚至是戈登•拉姆齐的愤怒咆哮,这些声音的需求量都成倍增长。 - And suddenly she grinned for, as a voice thick with brogue and whisky came to her, raised in "peg in a low-backed car," she knew.
她忽然咧嘴一笑,因为她听到一个带浓重爱尔兰土腔和威士忌酒味的声音在高唱《矮背马车上的佩格》,她明白了。 - Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
吉尔说话带有轻微的爱尔兰口音。 - Mrs Joyce spoke in a thick Galway brogue.
乔伊斯夫人讲话带有浓重的戈尔韦郡口音。 - I know of you well enough, smiled the irishman, with a soft brogue.
“我是非常了解你的,”这位爱尔兰人微笑着说道,带着一种悦耳的土腔。 - Grandfather spoke with a thick Scottish brogue.
祖父说话带有很重的苏格兰土腔。