socknoun詞源 1/sɒk/

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  businessclothingfashionA knitted or woven covering for the foot.

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  historicalSynonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.

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  The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

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  A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.

  • Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic.

sockintj詞源 2/sɒk/

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  The sound of a punch or powerful blow.

  • Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

sockverb詞源 2/sɒk/

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  slangTo hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.

  • "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be lagged for it."
  • What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.
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  slangTo throw.

socknoun詞源 2/sɒk/

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  slangA violent blow; a punch.

  • ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’

sockadj詞源 2/sɒk/

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  datedslangExtremely successful.

  • 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.

socknoun詞源 3/sɒk/

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  A ploughshare.

  • In the county of Wexford, where the beam was much shorter[…] the sock in general is of cast iron.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• gun sock
• sock puppet
• windsock
• socket