bootstrap
US
UK bootstrap n: (strap for pulling on a boot)
SC 拔靴带 bá xuē dài
TC 拔靴帶
TC 拔靴帶
My cowboy boots have bootstraps but I don't use them.
bootstrap n: figurative (means of advance) (比喻)
SC 让自己更上一层楼的工具 ràng zì jǐ gèng shàng yì céng lóu de gōng jù
SC 自力更生的，靠自己努力的 zì lì gēng shēng de，kào zì jǐ nǔ lì de(比喻)
I see this job as a bootstrap to a management position.
bootstrap [sth/sb] vtr: figurative, informal (cause to advance)
SC 引导 yǐn dǎo
TC 引導
TC 引導
The new manager bootstrapped the ailing company into making a profit.