English Dictionary

boots

IPA（発音記号）

/buːts/

名詞

古風 イギリス英語 俗語

(dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. / (UK, naval, slang) The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れの用法）ホテルなどで靴やブーツを磨き、手入れをする従業員、いわゆる靴磨き係。 / （英国、海軍、俗語）艦隊内で最も若い艦長が担当する艦船。

The old hotel still employed boots who spent their mornings polishing guests' shoes.

その古いホテルでは今でも、客の靴を磨く靴磨きが午前中を費やしていた。

意味（1）

(dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

The old beggar ran up and down in his tattered toga, acting as both boots [translating Hausknecht] and waiter.

意味（2）

(UK, naval, slang) The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.

[…] he sent on the 22d. Vice-Admiral Rook into it, with several Men of War and Fire-Ships, besides the Boots of the Fleet, to endeavour to destroy them: […]

bootses （ plural ）