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brogue

noun
🔊/brəʊɡ/
🔊/brəʊɡ/
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  1. [usually plural] a strong shoe which usually has a pattern in the leather（粗革）拷花皮鞋
    • a pair of brogues一双拷花皮鞋
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
  2. [usually singular] the accent (= the way of pronouncing the words of a language) that somebody has when they are speaking, especially the accent of Irish or Scottish speakers of English 口音；（尤指讲英语的爱尔兰或苏格兰人的）土腔
    3. Word Originsense 1 late 16th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish bróg, from Old Norse brók (related to breech).sense 2 early 18th cent.: perhaps allusively from brogue (the footwear), referring to the rough footwear of Irish peasants.