boot·leg
adjective/ˈbuːtleɡ/
/ˈbuːtleɡ/
[only before noun]- made and sold illegally
非法制造贩卖的 - a bootleg CD (= for example, one recorded illegally at a concert)
一张非法录制的 CD - She was selling bootleg cassettes.
她正在出售盗版磁带。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBootleg is used with these nouns:- cassette
- copy
- DVD
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots. - a bootleg CD (= for example, one recorded illegally at a concert)