词典释义：
a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the leg below the knee
靴
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walking boots .轻便靴。
a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg
（马的）皮护腿。
〈史〉 （夹足或腿用的）刑具，铁靴子。
〈美〉 车轮锁扣。
〈非正式〉 猛踢
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he got a boot in the stomach .<Bold> </Bold>他的肚子被狠狠踢了一脚。
〈英〉 （汽车后部的）行李箱。
(亦作
（电脑的）启动
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a boot disk .启动盘。
[with obj. and adverbial of direction]kick (something) hard in a specified direction
猛踢，对…猛踢一下
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he ended up booting the ball into the stand .最后他把球狠狠踢到了看台上。
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〈非正式〉 将…赶离（交通工具）
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a guard booted two children off a train .乘警将那两个小孩赶下了火车。
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〈非正式〉 把某人（从某地、机构或工作岗位）赶走
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she had been booted out of school .她被赶出了学校。
start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation
启动（电脑）
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the menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computer 一启动电脑，菜单就出现了
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[no obj.]
the system won't boot from the original drive .该系统无法从原始驱动器启动。[ORIGIN: from sense 2 of <Bold>BOOTSTRAP</Bold>.]
〈美〉 锁住（非法停车的轮子）。
as well; in addition
再者，除此之外
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she was a woman of uninspiring appearance and a dreadful bore to boot .她长得不好看，而且还很讨厌。
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the boot （或〈北美〉shoe ）is on the other foot the situation, in particular the holding of advantage, has reversed 情况变得与原来相反 -
boots and all Austral./NZ informal with no holds barred； wholeheartedly 〈澳/ 新西兰，非正式〉 不受约束地；全心全意地Canberra's cabbies go in boots and all for a fair deal． 堪培拉的出租车司机一心只为做上一笔公道的生意 -
die with one's boots on die in battle or while actively occupied 战死；工作时死去 -
get the boot informal be dismissed from one's job 〈非正式〉 被解雇 -
give someone the boot informal dismiss someone from their job 〈非正式〉 解雇某人 -
old boot informal an old woman considered to be ugly and contemptible 〈非 正式〉 老丑妇 -
put the boot in （ 或into someone ）Brit ．informal kick someone hard when they are on the ground 〈英， 非正式〉 （在对方倒地后）狠狠踢上一脚 -
figurative treat someone in a cruel way, especially when they are vulnerable 〈喻〉 残忍地对待某人 -
with one's heart in one's boots in a state of great depression or trepidation 极为悲观消沉 -
you （can ）bet your boots informal used to express absolute certainty about a situation or statement〈非正式〉 准保没错，有把握you can bet your boots that the patrol has raised the alarm ． 巡逻兵肯定已经发出警报了
"Middle English： from Old Norse
