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单词 have one's heart in one's boots
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boot1 /boot/

noun
  1. A covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc
  2. A compartment in a motor car for luggage, etc
  3. A kick (informal)
  4. The operation of booting a computer
  5. A Denver boot (US)
  6. An instrument of torture for the leg (Scot hist)
  7. A box or receptacle in a coach (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To put boots on
  2. To kick
  3. To turn out, dismiss (with out; informal)
  4. To start up the initial programs on (a computer), to bootstrap, usu by transferring the disk-operating-system program from its storage on the disk into the computer's working memory (often with up)
  5. To attach a Denver boot to (US)
ORIGIN: OFr bote (Mod Fr botte), from LL botta, bota, of doubtful origin

bootˈable adjective

Having the necessary software to boot a computer

bootˈed adjective

  1. Having boots on, equipped for riding
  2. (of birds, esp poultry) having feathered legs

bootee /booˈtē or -tēˈ/ noun

  1. A short boot
  2. An infant's knitted boot (also bootˈie)
  3. /booˈtē/ a Royal Marine (milit sl)

bootˈikin noun (obsolete)

  1. The boot for torture (Scot)
  2. A boot or mitten for the gouty
  3. An infant's legging

boots noun (old)

A hotel servant who cleans boots, runs messages, etc

bootˈblack noun

  1. A person whose job is to clean and polish shoes
  2. A shoeblack

boot boy same as bovver boy (see under bovver).

boot camp noun (slang, orig N American)

  1. A training centre for military recruits
  2. A place for punishing and reforming young offenders

bootˈ-catcher noun

An inn servant who helped to pull off guests' boots

bootˈcut adjective

Of trousers, cut wide at the hem to allow for high heels or boots

bootˈ-faced adjective

With an unsmiling, expressionless face

bootˈ-hook noun

An instrument for pulling on long boots

bootˈhose noun (pl bootˈhose) (Shakespeare)

A long over-stocking which covers the leg like a boot

bootˈ-jack noun

A device for pulling off boots

bootˈlace noun

A lace for fastening boots

bootlace fungus noun

Honey fungus

bootlace tie noun

A very thin stringlike necktie

bootˈlast or bootˈ-tree noun

The last or foot-like mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape

bootˈleg noun

The leg of a high boot

transitive verb and intransitive verb

  1. To smuggle (alcoholic drink)
  2. To make or deal in (illicit goods such as alcoholic drink or illegally made recordings)

adjective

Made or sold illicitly

bootˈlegger noun

bootˈlegging noun

bootˈless adjective

Without boots

bootˈlicker noun

A toady (US bootˈlick; also transitive verb)

bootˈlicking noun

bootˈmaker noun

bootˈmaking noun

boot sale same as car boot sale (see under car).

bootˈstrap noun

  1. A bootlace
  2. A strap on the back of a boot to help in pulling it on
  3. The piece of software that boots up (computing)

transitive verb (computing)

To input initial data so as to enable the subsequent loading of a computer program

bootˈ-topping noun

  1. The part of a ship's hull between the load-line and the waterline when the ship is without cargo
  2. The act of coating this
  3. Paint, etc, for the purpose

boot-tree see bootlast above.

boot virus noun (computing)

A computer virus in the sector of a floppy disk used in booting up

bet one's boots (informal)

To be quite certain

boot and saddle

(altered from Fr boute-selle place saddle) the signal for mounting (boots and saddles the bugle-call which formerly called the US cavalry to mount)

boots and all (Aust and NZ)

Without reservation

die in one's boots or with one's boots on

To die while still working, still in harness

fill one's boots

  1. (informal) to take as much of something as one wants
  2. To do something to the fullest extent

get the boot (informal)

To be dismissed

have one's heart in one's boots

To have lost courage

lick someone's boots

To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour

like old boots (informal)

Vigorously

old boot (derogatory informal)

An unattractive older woman

pull oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps

To get on by one's own efforts

put the boot in or put in the boot (informal)

  1. To resort to physical or verbal bullying
  2. To attack unfairly
  3. To bring a situation to an end brutally

the boot is on the other leg (obsolete) or foot

Responsibility (now) lies the other way, the situation is reversed

too big for one's boots

Conceited, bumptious

tough as old boots

  1. Robust
  2. Indestructible

heart /härt/

noun
  1. The organ that circulates the blood through the body
  2. The stomach (obsolete)
  3. The innermost part
  4. The core
  5. The chief or vital part
  6. The breast, bosom
  7. The (imagined) place of origin of the affections, understanding, and thought, as opposed to the head, the seat of reason
  8. Courage
  9. Innermost feelings or convictions
  10. Vigour, spirit
  11. Cordiality
  12. Compassion
  13. A term of endearment or encouragement
  14. A heart-shaped figure or object
  15. A playing card with heart-shaped pips
  16. The centre of cabbage, lettuce, etc
  17. A diseased state of the heart
  18. (in pl) a card game in which the object is to avoid taking tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
transitive verb
  1. To hearten (archaic)
  2. To fill up a centre space with rubble (building)
  3. To love (informal)
intransitive verb

(of a lettuce) to form a compact head or inner mass

ORIGIN: OE heorte; cf Du hart, Ger Herz; L cor, cordis; Gr kardiā

heartˈed adjective

  1. Used in combination to signify having a heart, esp of a specified kind (eg hard-hearted, etc)
  2. Seated or fixed in the heart, stored up in the heart

heartˈen transitive verb

  1. To encourage, stimulate
  2. To add strength to
  3. To give courage to
intransitive verb

To take courage

heartˈening adjective

heartˈikin noun (obsolete)

A little heart (used euphemistically in an old oath)

heartˈily adverb

  1. Lustily, vigorously
  2. Completely (sick, tired, etc)

heartˈiness noun

heartˈless adjective

  1. Without heart, courage, consideration or feeling
  2. Callous

heartˈlessly adverb

heartˈlessness noun

heartˈlet noun

A little heart, a nucleus

heartˈling noun (Shakespeare)

Little heart, used euphemistically in the oath ods heartlings, God's heart

heartˈly or (Spenser) harteˈly adverb

Heartily

heartˈsome adjective

  1. Exhilarating
  2. Merry

heartˈy adjective

  1. Full of heart
  2. Heartfelt
  3. Sincere
  4. Cordial
  5. Robust
  6. Lusty
  7. Enthusiastic
  8. Unrestrained
  9. In or indicating good spirits, appetite or condition
  10. (of a meal) substantial
  11. Sound
  12. In good heart
noun
  1. A hearty person, esp one who goes in for sports, outdoor pursuits, etc, distinguished from an aesthete
  2. (in pl) an old form of address to fellow sailors

hartˈie-hale adjective (Spenser)

Good for the heart, healthy

heartˈache noun

  1. Sorrow
  2. Anguish

heart attack noun

An occurrence of coronary thrombosis, with the death of part of the heart muscle, or some other sudden malfunction of the heart

heartˈbeat noun

  1. A pulsation of the heart
  2. A throb
  3. An animating force

heart block noun

A condition in which the ventricle does not keep time with the atrium

heartˈ-blood or heart'sˈ-blood noun

  1. Blood of the heart
  2. Life, essence

heartˈ-bond noun

(in masonry) a bond in which two headers meet in the middle of a wall and one header overlaps them

heartˈbreak noun

A crushing sorrow or grief

transitive verb (Burns)

To break the heart of

heartˈbreaker noun

  1. A fickle or unfaithful lover
  2. A flirt
  3. A curl, lovelock

heartˈbreaking adjective

heartˈbroken adjective

heartˈburn noun

A burning, acid feeling in the throat or breast, severe indigestion, cardialgia

heartˈburning noun

  1. Discontent
  2. Secret grudging

heart cam noun

A heart-shaped cam in a stopwatch, etc

heart cockle or heart shell noun

A mollusc (genus Isocardia) or its shell, like a cockle coiled at the bosses

heartˈ-dear adjective (Shakespeare)

Dear to the heart, sincerely beloved

heart disease noun

Any morbid condition of the heart

heartˈ-easing adjective

Bringing peace of mind

heart failure noun

  1. Stoppage or inadequate functioning of the heart
  2. Shock producing faintness

heartˈfelt adjective

  1. Felt deeply
  2. Sincere

heartˈ-free adjective

Having the affections disengaged

heartˈ-grief noun

Deep-seated affliction

heart-heavˈiness noun

Depression of spirits

heartˈland noun

An area of a country that is centrally situated and/or vitally important

heart-lung machine noun

A machine used in chest surgery to take over for a time the functions of the heart and lungs

heart murmur noun

An abnormal sound from the heart indicating a structural or functional abnormality

heart of oak noun

  1. Heartwood of the oak tree
  2. A brave, resolute person

heart of palm noun

The leaf bud of the cabbage palm eaten as a vegetable

heartpea see heartseed below.

heartˈ-quake noun

Trembling, fear

heartˈ-rending adjective

Agonizing

heartˈ-rot noun

Decay in the hearts of trees, caused by various fungi

heart's-blood see heart-blood above.

heartˈ-searching noun

Examination of one's deepest feelings

heart'sˈ-ease or heartsˈease noun

The pansy

heartˈseed or heartˈpea noun

The balloon-vine, from the heart-shaped scar left by the seed

heartˈ-service noun

Sincere devotion, opp to eye-service

heartˈ-shaped adjective

Shaped like the conventional representation of the human heart

heart shell see heart cockle above.

heartˈsick adjective

  1. Despondent
  2. Greatly depressed

heartˈsickness noun

heartˈsink noun (med inf)

A person who causes medical practitioners to become exasperated because he or she makes repeated requests for medical attention, but is not able to be treated effectively (also adjective)

heartˈ-sore adjective

  1. Sore at heart
  2. Greatly distressed, very sad
  3. Caused by soreness of heart (Shakespeare)

noun

  1. Grief
  2. A cause of grief (Spenser)

heartˈ-spoon noun (dialect)

  1. The depression in the breastbone
  2. The breastbone
  3. The pit of the stomach

heartˈ-stirring adjective

  1. Rousing
  2. Exhilarating

heartˈ-strike transitive verb (pap heartˈ-stricken or heartˈ-struck (obsolete heart'-strook)) (archaic)

  1. To strike to the heart
  2. To dismay
  3. To drive into the heart

heartˈ-string noun

  1. Orig a nerve or tendon imagined to brace and sustain the heart
  2. (in pl) affections

heartˈ-throb noun

  1. A sentimental emotion for a person of the opposite sex (informal)
  2. A person who is the object of great romantic affection from afar (informal)

heartˈ-to-heartˈ adjective

Candid, intimate and unreserved

noun

A conversation of this sort

heart urchin noun

A sea urchin of the order Spatangoidea, typically heart-shaped

heartˈwarming adjective

  1. Emotionally moving
  2. Very gratifying, pleasing

heartˈwater noun

A fatal tick-borne viral disease of cattle, sheep and goats, with accumulation of fluid in the pericardium and pleural cavity

heartˈ-whole adjective

  1. Whole at heart
  2. Sincere
  3. With affections disengaged
  4. Undismayed
  5. Out-and-out

heartˈwood noun

The duramen or hard inner wood of a tree

after one's own heart

Exactly to one's own liking

at heart

  1. In one's real character
  2. Substantially

break one's heart

To die of, or be broken down by, grief or disappointment

break someone's heart

  1. To cause deep grief to someone
  2. (loosely) to disappoint someone romantically

by heart

  1. By rote
  2. In the memory

change of heart see under change

close to one's heart

Being the object of one's warm interest, concern or liking

cross one's heart

An expression used to emphasize the truth of a statement (often literally, by making the sign of the cross over one's heart)

cry one's heart out see under cry

dear to one's heart same as close to one's heart (see above).

eat one's heart out see under eat

find it in one's heart

To be able to bring oneself

from the bottom of one's heart

Most sincerely

have a heart

(usu in imperative) to show pity or kindness

have at heart

To cherish as a matter of deep interest

have one's heart in it

(often in neg) to have enthusiasm for what one is doing

have one's heart in one's boots

To feel a sinking of the spirit

have one's heart in one's mouth

To be in trepidation, great fear or anxiety

have one's heart in the right place

To be basically decent or generous

have one's heart set on

To desire earnestly

have the heart

(usu in neg) to have the courage or resolution (to do something unpleasant)

heart and hand or heart and soul

  1. With complete sincerity
  2. With complete devotion to a cause

heart of hearts

  1. The inmost feelings or convictions
  2. Deepest affections

in a heartbeat

Immediately, without hesitation

in good heart

  1. In sound or fertile condition
  2. In good spirits or courage

lay or take to heart

  1. To store up in the mind for future guidance
  2. To be deeply moved by something

lose heart

To become discouraged

lose one's heart to

To fall in love with

near to one's heart same as close to one's heart (see above).

set one's heart on or upon

To come to desire earnestly

set someone's heart at rest

To render someone easy in mind, to reassure someone

speak to the heart (Bible)

To comfort, encourage

take heart

To be encouraged

take heart of grace see under grace

take to heart

  1. To lay to heart
  2. To come to feel in earnest

take to one's heart

To form an affection for

to one's heart's content

As much as one wishes

wear one's heart on one's sleeve

To show one's deepest feelings openly

with all one's heart

Most willingly or sincerely
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