boot campn.

Brit.

/ˈbuːt kamp/, U.S.

/ˈbut ˌkæmp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boot n.³, camp n.²

Etymology: < boot n.³ (compare sense 1d at that entry) + camp n.²

Originally U.S. Military slang.

1. A military training camp for new recruits, generally characterized by very harsh discipline. Cf. boot n.³ 1d.Earliest with reference to basic training camps for U.S. Marines and (later) U.S. Navy recruits.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > place for training

Campe of Marsa1533

military yard1618

training ground1644

Camp Mart1647

training camp1825

boot camp1916

battle-school1942

1916 ‘Para’ Let. 3 Nov. in Marines Mag. (1917) Jan. 30/1 With the arrival of eighteen men from Paris Island (Boot Camp), we will now have a little more drills and work... Of course our every day life has not been without its thrills. They are the same old ones that happen on expeditionary duty, but are nothing so bad as the recruit is led to believe in the boot camp.

1955 ‘C. S. Forester’ Good Shepherd 45 That boy was one of the new draft, fresh out of boot-camp.

2008 Winter Soldier 60 When he began boot camp in June 2003, Zabala said he was appalled by the Marine Corps' attempts to desensitize the recruits to violence.

2. In extended use: a training camp, training course, etc., providing intensive, rigorous training in a disciplined environment.In early use chiefly with reference to physical training.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > training establishment

nursery1948

boot camp1949

1949 Burlington (N. Carolina) Daily Times-News 3 Feb. 2 a/4 Another major project under construction is a sort of boot camp for atomic energy physicists.

1984 N.Y. Times 29 Aug. b10/2 Mullin had the pasty gym-rat look of a man who had spent the spring and summer indoors at Uncle Bobby Knight's boot camp.

2002 Kiplinger's Personal Finance May 122/1 Welcome to fitness boot camp, a booming exercise trend where tough trainers (often former soldiers) use military methods to whip their troops into shape.

2018 M. Hanna-Attisha What Eyes don't See xvi. 216 At sixteen, he traveled alone from Baghdad to Zagreb by train..to attend a language boot camp to learn Serbo-Croatian.

3. A correctional facility for young offenders, run on military lines.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders

house of reformation1581

reformatory1758

reform school1839

Borstal1907

community home1915

boot camp1978

1978 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Aug. 61/1 He is now living in a relatively new kind of institution: a remedial center designed to straighten out juveniles before they are drawn into a pattern of violence. The projects—ranging from military-like boot camps to ordinary homes—are being introduced in many parts of the nation.

1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 20/3 He is in trouble again, this time for stealing a television set from the college. A judge sends him to a prison boot camp.

2002 Times 4 Apr. 6/1 Military-style ‘boot camp’ regimes for young criminals fail to reduce reoffending significantly, but produce fitter, healthier and more self-confident offenders, according to a report.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boot camp
释义	boot campn. Brit. /ˈbuːt kamp/, U.S. /ˈbut ˌkæmp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boot n.³, camp n.² Etymology: < boot n.³ (compare sense 1d at that entry) + camp n.² Originally U.S. Military slang. 1. A military training camp for new recruits, generally characterized by very harsh discipline. Cf. boot n.³ 1d.Earliest with reference to basic training camps for U.S. Marines and (later) U.S. Navy recruits. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > place for training Campe of Marsa1533 military yard1618 training ground1644 Camp Mart1647 training camp1825 boot camp1916 battle-school1942 1916 ‘Para’ Let. 3 Nov. in Marines Mag. (1917) Jan. 30/1 With the arrival of eighteen men from Paris Island (Boot Camp), we will now have a little more drills and work... Of course our every day life has not been without its thrills. They are the same old ones that happen on expeditionary duty, but are nothing so bad as the recruit is led to believe in the boot camp. 1955 ‘C. S. Forester’ Good Shepherd 45 That boy was one of the new draft, fresh out of boot-camp. 2008 Winter Soldier 60 When he began boot camp in June 2003, Zabala said he was appalled by the Marine Corps' attempts to desensitize the recruits to violence. 2. In extended use: a training camp, training course, etc., providing intensive, rigorous training in a disciplined environment.In early use chiefly with reference to physical training. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > training establishment nursery1948 boot camp1949 1949 Burlington (N. Carolina) Daily Times-News 3 Feb. 2 a/4 Another major project under construction is a sort of boot camp for atomic energy physicists. 1984 N.Y. Times 29 Aug. b10/2 Mullin had the pasty gym-rat look of a man who had spent the spring and summer indoors at Uncle Bobby Knight's boot camp. 2002 Kiplinger's Personal Finance May 122/1 Welcome to fitness boot camp, a booming exercise trend where tough trainers (often former soldiers) use military methods to whip their troops into shape. 2018 M. Hanna-Attisha What Eyes don't See xvi. 216 At sixteen, he traveled alone from Baghdad to Zagreb by train..to attend a language boot camp to learn Serbo-Croatian. 3. A correctional facility for young offenders, run on military lines. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 Borstal1907 community home1915 boot camp1978 1978 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Aug. 61/1 He is now living in a relatively new kind of institution: a remedial center designed to straighten out juveniles before they are drawn into a pattern of violence. The projects—ranging from military-like boot camps to ordinary homes—are being introduced in many parts of the nation. 1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 20/3 He is in trouble again, this time for stealing a television set from the college. A judge sends him to a prison boot camp. 2002 Times 4 Apr. 6/1 Military-style ‘boot camp’ regimes for young criminals fail to reduce reoffending significantly, but produce fitter, healthier and more self-confident offenders, according to a report. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1916
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