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Pronunciation: /saŋˈɡriːə/Definition of sangria in English:
noun [MASS NOUN]
A Spanish drink of red wine mixed with lemonade, fruit, and spices:[COUNT NOUN]: can’t choose between a margarita and a sangria?
Origin
Spanish, literally 'bleeding'; compare with sangaree.
"Shoehorning" has come to mean, mostly in American English, the act of coercing or pressuring an individual into a situation which does not leave enough room, either literally or figuratively. Shoehorning in a conversational context means to force someone to take one of a limited number of positions, neither of which may adequately express what the individual wants to say (a "For me or against me"-scenario). Shoehorning in a more literal sense can express itself as pushing a number of individuals into an overfilled enclosure of space, such as a theater or a bus ("the usher shoehorned us into the back of the crowded theater").
Shoehorning can also refer to an unnatural-seeming inclusion of something for reasons which may range anywhere from demographic-pleasing or political correctness (for example, a token character in a television show or film). In this context, Shoehorning can also refer to including or forcing characters into a plot who have little-to-no reason to be there except for appeal or marquee value.
It can also refer to fitting something where it does not easily fit. The shortened expression honking (as in honking around town) derives from this term, referring to inserting one's self into a place or situation where one does not easily fit or is not welcome.
shoehorn
VERB
shoe-horn
shoe-horn
Museum number
1889,0930.5
Description
Shoe-lift; horn; engraved patterns on outer side; unfinished inscription.
Materials
horn
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Length: 8.5 inches
Inscriptions
Inscription Typeinscription
Inscription ContentTHOMAS GEN MADE THIS FOR LW
Acquisition name
Acquisition date
1889
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1889,0930.5
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A shoehorn or shoe horn (sometimes called a shoespooner) is a tool that lets the user put on a shoe more easily.
鞋拔子或鞋拔是一種穿鞋時更為方便的工具。它使得鞋保持張開狀態，在腳後跟與鞋後幫之間提供了一個光滑表面，避免了鞋後幫貼住腳後跟而使得穿鞋時腳難以進入鞋裡。現今，其材質主要是塑料、木製、竹製、金屬制。
鞋拔子的形狀基本類似，除了其手柄有長有短。長手柄的鞋拔子適合穿長筒靴，或者體弱者、老年人穿鞋時不需彎腰或蹲下。
靴べら（くつべら、靴箆）とは、靴を履くために使用される、へらである。関西地区では「靴すべり」とも呼ばれる。靴を履く時にかかとに当てて、靴に足を入りやすくするために用いられる。その素材も形状も大きさも様々だが、その使用法から、表面は滑らかに仕上げられていて、厚さは薄めに作られており、ヒトのかかとの横幅よりも幅は狭く作られている。なお、靴を履く習慣のない文化圏においては、靴べらが無用の長物となるのは言わずもがなである。
horn
音節horn発音hɔ'ːrnレベル大学入試程度hornの変化形horns (複数形) • horns (三人称単数現在)hornの慣用句a horn of plenty, blow one's own horn, draw in one's horns, （全5件）
[名]
1 （牛・羊・ヤギなどの）角；シカの枝角.
2 角状に発達したもの（イッカクの牙(きば)など）；動物の角状突起物（触角・とさかなど）.
3
(1)[U]（ひづめ・つめなどをなす）角質物質.
(2)角状の器；[C]角製品；角材
a drinking horn
角（形）の杯.4 音楽ホルン；管楽器；トランペット；角笛；警笛，クラクション；らっぱ；((俗))拡声器
sound [blow] a car horn
車のクラクションを鳴らす.5 ((通例～s))（不貞の妻の夫がはやす）嫉妬(しっと)の角
wear the horns
妻を寝取られる.6 三日月形の物の一端，三日月の端；三日月形の土地［岬］.
7 地質氷食尖峰(せんぽう).
8 聖書力の象徴としての角
a horn of salvation
救いの角〈聖書詩編18：2〉.9 論理学ジレンマ［両刀論法］の角
on the horns of a dilemma
進退きわまって.10 ((the ～))((米俗))電話
be on the horn
電話中.
a [the] horn of plenty＝cornucopia.
blow [toot] one's own hornほらを吹く；自画自賛する.
draw [pull] in one's horns自制する，控える；敵対的態度を和らげる；（前言などを）引っ込める；((英))倹約する.
lock horns〈牛などが〉角を交えて戦う；（…と）意見が合わない((with ...)).
━━[動](他)
1 …を角で突く.
2 ((通例受身))…に角をつける.
horn in((米))（…に）でしゃばる，割り込む，干渉する((on ...))
horn in on a local matter
地域の問題に首を突っ込む.
━━[形]角（製）の. ⇒HORN-RIMMED
［古英語horn. ラテン語cornū, ギリシャ語kéras（角）と同系. △HART］
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