brogue

noun

1. （粗革）拷花皮鞋
   a strong shoe which usually has a pattern in the leather
   1. a pair of brogues
      一双拷花皮鞋
2. 口音；（尤指讲英语的爱尔兰或苏格兰人的）土腔
   the accent that sb has when they are speaking, especially the accent of Irish or Scottish speakers of English

1. N-SING （尤指爱尔兰人或苏格兰人说英语时带有的）土腔，方言口音
   If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.
   1. Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
      吉尔说话带有轻微的爱尔兰口音。
2. （带有花纹的）粗皮鞋
   Brogues are thick leather shoes which have an elaborate pattern punched into the leather.

1. Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.
   吉尔说话带有轻微的爱尔兰口音。
2. From Nigella Lawson's sultry tones to Liam Neeson's Ulster brogue and even Gordon Ramsay's angry rants, demand has more than doubled in the past year.
   去年，妮格拉•罗森性感的声音和连姆•尼森的爱尔兰口音，甚至是戈登•拉姆齐的愤怒咆哮，这些声音的需求量都成倍增长。
3. Mrs Joyce spoke in a thick Galway brogue.
   乔伊斯夫人讲话带有浓重的戈尔韦郡口音。
4. And suddenly she grinned for, as a voice thick with brogue and whisky came to her, raised in "peg in a low-backed car," she knew.
   她忽然咧嘴一笑，因为她听到一个带浓重爱尔兰土腔和威士忌酒味的声音在高唱《矮背马车上的佩格》，她明白了。
5. I know of you well enough, smiled the irishman, with a soft brogue.
   “我是非常了解你的，”这位爱尔兰人微笑着说道，带着一种悦耳的土腔。
6. You can spot an Irishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue.
   你们一听爱尔兰人或者约克郡人的土音，就能辨别出他是哪里的人。
7. Grandfather spoke with a thick Scottish brogue.
   祖父说话带有很重的苏格兰土腔。

noun

1. a thick and heavy shoe

   Synonym:    broganclodhopperwork shoe