n. 厚底靴, (喻)悲剧

[ noun ]
a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
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Buskin \Bus"kin\, n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken.
See {Brodekin}.]
1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some
distance up the leg.

The hunted red deer's undressed hide
Their hairy buskins well supplied. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very
thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and
Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as
distinguished from comedy.

Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.