stiletto

Related topics: Clothes

sti·let·to /stəˈletəʊ $ -toʊ/ noun (plural stilettos or stilettoes) [countableC]

1. (also stiletto heel)DCC a woman’s shoe that has a very high thin heel 细高跟女鞋 →4 See picture of 见图 FOOTWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 shoe1

2. DCCthe heel of a stiletto shoe 〔女鞋上的〕细高跟

3. a small knife with a thin blade 短剑，匕首

Examples from the Corpus

stiletto• Cute as lace pants, sharp as a stiletto and hungry as a Bengal tiger.• Alert, she stalked the jackrabbit, her stiletto poised for a deft jab.• I saw a strapless black gown in the corner, a pair of stilettos discreetly hidden on the floor.• The sunlight struck the silver-plated candlesticks on the sideboard and sent stilettos of light flashing through the room.• No one noticed the dark stain of blood that spread from the tip of a razor sharp stiletto knife in his coat pocket.• Maybe the stilettos are designed to shatter the glass ceiling, or at least to scratch it.• Whatever the protestations of loyalty, his colleagues were more interested in spotting which ribs he was sliding his verbal stiletto between.

Origin stiletto

(1600-1700) Italian stilo “knife”, from Latin stilus; → STYLE1

词汇	stiletto
释义	stiletto Related topics: Clothes sti·let·to /stəˈletəʊ $ -toʊ/ noun (plural stilettos or stilettoes) [countableC] 1. (also stiletto heel)DCC a woman’s shoe that has a very high thin heel 细高跟女鞋 →4 See picture of 见图 FOOTWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 shoe1 2. DCCthe heel of a stiletto shoe 〔女鞋上的〕细高跟 3. a small knife with a thin blade 短剑，匕首 Examples from the Corpus stiletto• Cute as lace pants, sharp as a stiletto and hungry as a Bengal tiger.• Alert, she stalked the jackrabbit, her stiletto poised for a deft jab.• I saw a strapless black gown in the corner, a pair of stilettos discreetly hidden on the floor.• The sunlight struck the silver-plated candlesticks on the sideboard and sent stilettos of light flashing through the room.• No one noticed the dark stain of blood that spread from the tip of a razor sharp stiletto knife in his coat pocket.• Maybe the stilettos are designed to shatter the glass ceiling, or at least to scratch it.• Whatever the protestations of loyalty, his colleagues were more interested in spotting which ribs he was sliding his verbal stiletto between. Origin stiletto (1600-1700) Italian stilo “knife”, from Latin stilus; → STYLE1
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