shoehorn

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Noun

1. A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.
2. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
3. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

1. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

Từ đồng nghĩa

shoe-horn

bone

🦴

shoe-lift

Bản dịch

Schuhlöffel

chausse-pied

calzador

calzascarpe

Schuhanzieher

calçadeira

calzante

schoenlepel

calzatoio

corno da scarpa

قَرْن

calçador

κόκαλο

قرن

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈʃuːˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From shoe + horn.