sabot

sabot — 名詞

1. a traditional European shoe shaped from a solid block of wood, worn mainly by fa

1.名詞B1
釋義

木鞋

一整塊木材挖空的傳統鞋

a traditional European shoe shaped from a solid block of wood, worn mainly by farm workers and labourers in past centuries

例句

The old farmer wore wooden sabots every day while working in the muddy vegetable field.

那位老農夫每天穿著木鞋在泥濘的菜田裡工作。

countable noun; collocation: wooden sabots

The museum guide showed the children a pair of painted sabots from nineteenth-century France.

博物館導覽員向孩子們展示一雙十九世紀法國彩繪木鞋。

collocation: a pair of painted sabots

同義詞
  • clog

    More common in British English; clogs can be made of wood or have wooden soles, while sabots are carved from a single block of wood

  • geta

    A Japanese wooden sandal with a different shape and purpose; not worn for farm labour

用法筆記

Countable noun. Often used in the plural form (sabots) when referring to a pair of wooden shoes. The word sabotage is historically related to sabots — workers were said to throw their sabots into machines to stop production.

常見錯誤

❌The farmer put on his sabot and walked to the barn.
✅The farmer put on his sabots and walked to the barn.
💡Sabot is singular for one shoe; use the plural sabots when referring to a pair worn together.

2. a shoe with a narrow band of material that fastens across the top of the foot, o

2.名詞B1
釋義

扣帶鞋

腳背有一條橫帶的涼鞋或女鞋

a shoe with a narrow band of material that fastens across the top of the foot, or the band itself; a style of open shoe or sandal with a cross-strap

例句

The shop assistant recommended brown leather sabots with a wide strap for summer walking.

店員推薦了一雙適合夏天走路的棕色寬扣帶皮製涼鞋。

collocation: leather sabots / wide strap

Wei-ling bought black sabots to wear with her linen dress to the garden party.

瑋玲買了一雙黑色扣帶鞋，搭配她的亞麻洋裝去參加花園派對。

同義詞
  • Mary Jane shoe

    A more common term for a shoe with a single strap across the instep, especially in American English

  • strap sandal

    A broader category that includes any sandal fastened by straps; sabot usually implies a single wide band

用法筆記

In modern fashion contexts, sabot (sense 2) is less common than synonyms such as 'Mary Jane shoe' or 'strap sandal'. The sabot strap specifically refers to a single broad band across the instep, distinguishing it from sandals with multiple thin straps.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a sabot yesterday' (meaning a single shoe with a strap).
✅I bought a pair of sabots yesterday.
💡Sabot in this sense is still a countable noun; refer to a pair for two shoes.