| 单词 | boot |
| 释义 | boot (once / 158 pages) 1nv 2v 3n A boot is the kind of shoe that can rise as high as your knee, like riding boots, or just up to your ankle, like silver-studded Beatle boots. To boot means to kick something (with or without the fancy footwear). Like most fashionable things, the word boot comes from the Old French bote. It used to refer only to riding boots, but now any big ol’ high-rise shoe kind of thing is a boot. Since boots are for feet, when you boot someone, you kick them. If you give someone the boot, you’re kicking him out. A totally different type of booting involves starting up an operating system on a computer. WORD FAMILYboot: booted, booting, bootless, boots, reboot+/bootless: bootlessly/reboot: rebooted, rebooting, reboots USAGE EXAMPLESLast year, Boots reduced the price of "feminine" razors to bring them in line with male equivalents. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) We were walking across the hillsides when my father scuffed a pebble with his boot. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) On this evidence Robert Snodgrass’ left boot should be among the primary exhibits. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg Hypo|Hyper buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot a boot reaching halfway up to the knee cowboy boota boot with a high arch and fancy stitching; worn by American cowboys Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot, hessian, jackboot(19th century) a man's high tasseled boot hip boot, thigh boota very high boot; used especially for fishing riding boota boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit gum boot, rubber boota high boot made of rubber ski boota stiff boot that is fastened to a ski with a ski binding jodhpur, jodhpur boot, jodhpur shoea short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side waderswaterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers footgear, footwear covering for a person's feet 2n protective casing for something that resembles a leg Hyper case, casing, shell the housing or outer covering of something 3n an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg Syn|Hyper iron boot, iron heel, the boot instrument of torture an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person 4n a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed Hyper torture, torturing the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason 5n the act of delivering a blow with the foot Syn|Hypo|Hyper kick, kicking goal-kick (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line goal-kick(rugby) an attempt to kick a goal punt, punting(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground place kick, place-kicking(sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking dropkick(football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground free kick(soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team kickoff(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score blow a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon 6n the swift release of a store of affective force what a boot! Syn|Hyper bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill excitement, exhilaration the feeling of lively and cheerful joy 7v kick; give a boot to 2Hyper kick strike with the foot v cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes 3boot your computer Syn|Hyper bring up, reboot resuscitate, revive cause to regain consciousness n British term for the luggage compartment in a car Hyper automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools |
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