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- a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the leg below the knee靴：
walking boots.
轻便靴。
1.1
- a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg（马的）皮护腿。
1.2
- historical an instrument of torture encasing and crushing the foot〈史〉（夹足或腿用的）刑具, 铁靴子。
1.3
- US a wheel clamp〈美〉车轮锁扣。
2
- informal a hard kick〈非正式〉猛踢：
he got a boot in the stomach.
他的肚子被狠狠踢了一脚。
3
- Brit. a space at the back of a car for carrying luggage or other goods〈英〉（汽车后部的）行李箱。
4
- （亦作boot-up）[usu. as modifier] the process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation（电脑的）启动：
a boot disk.
启动盘。
with obj.
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction kick (something) hard in a specified direction猛踢, 对…猛踢一下：
he ended up booting the ball into the stand.
最后他把球狠狠踢到了看台上。
1.1
boot someone off
informal force someone to leave something, especially a vehicle, unceremoniously〈非正式〉将…赶离（交通工具）：a guard booted two children off a train.
乘警将那两个小孩赶下了火车。
1.2
boot someone out
informal force someone to leave a place, institution, or job unceremoniously〈非正式〉把某人（从某地、机构或工作岗位）赶走：she had been booted out of school.
她被赶出了学校。
2
- start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation启动（电脑）：
the menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computer
一启动电脑, 菜单就出现了
no obj. the system won't boot from the original drive.该系统无法从原始驱动器启动。
ORIGIN: from sense 2 of BOOTSTRAP.
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- US place a wheel clamp on (an illegally parked car)〈美〉锁住（非法停车的轮子）。
短语
the boot（或〈北美〉 shoe）is on the other foot
- the situation, in particular the holding of advantage, has reversed情况变得与原来相反。
boots and all
- Austral./NZ informal with no holds barred; wholeheartedly〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉不受约束地; 全心全意地：
Canberra's cabbies go in boots and all for a fair deal.
堪培拉的出租车司机一心只为做上一笔公道的生意。
die with one's boots on
- die in battle or while actively occupied战死; 工作时死去。
get the boot
- informal be dismissed from one's job〈非正式〉被解雇。
give someone the boot
- informal dismiss someone from their job〈非正式〉解雇某人。
old boot
- informal an old woman considered to be ugly and contemptible〈非正式〉老丑妇。
put the boot in （或 into someone）
1
- Brit. informal kick someone hard when they are on the ground〈英, 非正式〉（在对方倒地后）狠狠踢上一脚。
1.1
- figurative treat someone in a cruel way, especially when they are vulnerable〈喻〉残忍地对待某人。
with one's heart in one's boots
- in a state of great depression or trepidation极为悲观消沉。
you (can) bet your boots
- informal used to express absolute certainty about a situation or statement〈非正式〉准保没错, 有把握：
you can bet your boots that the patrol has raised the alarm.
巡逻兵肯定已经发出警报了。
派生词
booted
adjective （名词义项1和3）词源
Middle English: from Old Norse bóti or its source, Old French bote, of unknown ultimate origin.