| 单词 | boot |
| 释义 | Word Frequency boot 1(buːt) noun 1. a strong outer covering for the foot; shoe that extends above the ankle, often to the knee See also chukka boot, top boot, Wellington boots, surgical boot 2. an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear US and Canadian name: trunk3. a protective covering over a mechanical device, such as a rubber sheath protecting a coupling joining two shafts 4. US and Canadian a rubber patch used to repair a puncture in a tyre 5. an instrument of torture used to crush the foot and lower leg 6. a protective covering for the lower leg of a horse 7. a kick he gave the door a boot 8. British slang an ugly person (esp in the phrase old boot) 9. US slang a navy or marine recruit, esp one in training 10. computing short for bootstrap (sense 4a) 11. bet one's boots 12. boots and all 13. die with one's boots on 14. fill one's boots 15. lick the boots of 16. put the boot in 17. the boot 18. the boot is on the other foot 19. too big for one's boots verb 20. (transitive) (esp in football) to kick 21. (transitive) to equip with boots 22. (transitive) informal a. (often foll by out) to eject forcibly b. to dismiss from employment 23. Also: boot up to start up the operating system of (a computer) or (of a computer) to begin operating Word origin C14 bote, from Old French, of uncertain originWord Frequency boot 2(buːt) verb (usually impersonal) 1. archaic to be of advantage or use to (a person) what boots it to complain? noun 2. obsolete an advantage 3. dialect something given in addition, esp to equalize an exchange a ten pound boot to settle the bargain 4. to boot Word origin Old English bōt compensation; related to Old Norse bōt remedy, Gothic bōta, Old High German buoza improvement |
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