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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shoe·horn /-ˌhɔrn/
 鞋拔(vt.)硬塞進

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shoe·horn, Shoe·ing-horn  n.
 1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
 2. Figuratively: (a) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt. --Spectator. (b) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement. [Low]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shoehorn
      n : a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
      v : make fit for a specific purpose [syn: tailor]