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- a garment for the foot and lower part of the leg, typically knitted from wool, cotton, or nylon短袜。
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- a removable inner sole placed inside a shoe or boot for added warmth or to improve the fit鞋垫。
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- a white marking on the lower part of a horse's leg, not extending as far as the knee or hock（马小腿处的）白色标记。比较STOCKING.
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- informal a hard blow〈非正式〉猛击：
a sock on the jaw.
打在下巴上的一记重拳。
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- mass noun US force or emphasis〈美〉实力; 重点：
we have enough speed and sock in our line-up to score runs.
我们队球员有足够的速度和实力或跑垒得分。
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- informalwith obj. hit forcefully〈非正式〉猛击：
Jess socked his father across the face.
杰斯在他父亲的脸上重重地打了一拳。
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- （常作be socked with）affect disadvantageously对…有不利影响：
consumers have been socked with huge price increases.
消费者深受物价暴涨之苦。
短语
knock（或blow）someone's socks off
- informal amaze or impress someone〈非正式〉给某人留下印象; 使某人吃惊。
knock the socks off
- informal surpass or beat〈非正式〉超过; 打败。
- one's socks off
- informal do something with great energy and enthusiasm〈非正式〉全力以赴地做事：
she acted her socks off.
她表演得十分投入。
pull one's socks up
- informal make an effort to improve one's work, performance, or behaviour〈非正式〉努力改善自己的工作（表现或行为）。
put a sock in it
- usu. in imperative Brit. informal stop talking〈英, 非正式〉住嘴。
sock and buskin
- archaic the theatrical profession; drama〈古〉戏剧行业; 戏剧。
sock it to someone
- informal attack or make a forceful impression on someone〈非正式〉攻击; 给某人留下深刻的印象。
词源
Old English socc 'light shoe'， of Germanic origin， from Latin soccus 'comic actor's shoe， light low-heeled slipper'， from Greek sukkhos.
短语动词
sock something away
- N. Amer. put money aside as savings〈北美〉储蓄, 存钱：
you'll need to sock away about $900 a month.
你需要每月存大约900美元。
sock something in（或sock in）
- N. Amer. (of weather) envelop〈北美〉（天气）笼罩：
the beach was socked in with fog.
海滩被浓雾所笼罩。