boot polish

基本解释

We entered a dark cavern redolent with manly scents — gun oil and cigar smoke and boot polish.
我们进入一个昏暗的洞穴，里面充满了男人的气味——枪油、雪茄烟味和擦靴子油味。
Large firms were barred from making products such as pencils, boot polish, candles, shoes, garments, and toys—all the products that helped East Asia create millions of jobs.
大公司被禁止生产诸如铅笔、鞋油、蜡烛、鞋、衣服、玩具之类的产品，这些产品为东亚地区创造了上百万个就业机会。
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Michael Slater’s biography begins with two key events in Dickens’s childhood: the imprisonment of his father for debt and the boy’s own humiliating experience working in a boot-polish factory.
Michael Slater的传记以狄更斯童年的两个关键的事件为开头：他父亲因为账务问题入狱以及幼时在鞋油场备尝艰辛屈辱的经历。

This means they can be bashed against a wellington boot without breaking, which shows that they will be easy to harvest, clean and polish.
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