| 单词 | bootstrap |
| 释义 | bootstrap /booht"strap'/, n., adj., v., bootstrapped, bootstrapping. n. 1. a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on. 2. a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something: He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters. 3. pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to help oneself without the aid of others; use one's resources: I admire him for pulling himself up by his own bootstraps. adj. 4. relying entirely on one's efforts and resources: The business was a bootstrap operation for the first ten years. 5. self-generating or self-sustaining: a bootstrap process. v.t. 6. Computers. boot1 (def. 26). 7. to help (oneself) without the aid of others: She spent years bootstrapping herself through college. [1890-95; BOOT1 + STRAP] |
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