A snowshoe is a wide flat frame that you strap onto your boot so you can walk on deep soft snow without sinking into it.

A snowshoe一種雪鞋 is a wide flat frame是一種寬扁的框架 that you strap onto your boot你把它綁在靴子外面 so you can就可以 walk on deep soft snow走在又深又軟的雪地上 without sinking into it不會陷下去

The idea is simple: your foot is narrow, so all your weight presses down on a small spot and you sink. The snowshoe spreads that same weight over a much bigger area, so the snow holds you up.

The idea is simple這個原理很簡單 your foot你的腳 is narrow很窄 so所以 all your weight你全部的重量 presses down on a small spot壓在一個小點上 and you sink你就陷下去。The snowshoe雪鞋 spreads把 that same weight同樣的重量分散 over a much bigger area到大很多的面積上 so the snow holds you up雪才撐得住你

Traditional ones were a bent wooden hoop with strips of animal hide woven across, a bit like a tennis racket; modern ones are aluminium and plastic. They almost always come in pairs, so you will usually see the word as snowshoes.

Traditional ones傳統的雪鞋 were a bent wooden hoop是彎曲的木頭圈 with strips of animal hide woven across上面編著一條條的獸皮 a bit like a tennis racket有點像網球拍 modern ones現代的 are aluminium and plastic則是鋁和塑膠做的。They almost always come in pairs它們幾乎都是成雙出現 so所以 you will usually see the word你通常會看到這個字 as snowshoes寫成複數的snowshoes

Walking in them is slow and you have to swing your legs wide, but it lets hikers and hunters cross country that would otherwise be impossible. Snowshoeing is a popular winter activity in mountain areas, easier to learn than skiing.

Walking in them走在雪鞋裡 is slow很慢 and you have to swing your legs wide而且你得把腿甩得很開 but it lets hikers and hunters但它讓健行者和獵人 cross country走過那些地形 that would otherwise be impossible不然根本走不過去的。Snowshoeing穿雪鞋健行 is a popular winter activity是很受歡迎的冬季活動 in mountain areas在山區 easier to learn than skiing比滑雪好學

The word is also a verb — to snowshoe somewhere — and it appears in the animal name snowshoe hare, a hare with very large back feet that work the same way.

The word這個字 is also a verb也可以當動詞 to snowshoe somewhere意思是穿雪鞋走去某個地方 and it appears而且它也出現 in the animal name在這個動物名稱裡 snowshoe hare雪鞋兔 a hare with very large back feet一種後腳很大的野兔 that work the same way運作方式一樣