bootblack

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation. dated
    — The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.
动词 v.
  1. To shine shoes. transitive

词形变化

bootblacks plural boot-black alternative bootblacks present,singular,third-person bootblacking participle,present bootblacked participle,past bootblacked past boot-black alternative

词源

词源 1
From boot + black.
词源 2
From boot + black.
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