boot /buːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( booting, booted, boots )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. 靴子

  例：

  He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots.

  他坐在厨房的椅子上，弯腰脱掉了靴子。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Boots are strong, heavy shoes that cover your ankle and that have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example, when you are walking or taking part in sports. (步行或运动时穿的) 厚底靴

  例：

  The soldiers' boots resounded in the street.

  士兵们的厚底靴在街道上发出回响。

• 3. 

  N a kick 踢

  例：

  he gave the door a boot

• 4. 

  V (esp in football) to kick (尤指足球中)踢

• 5. 

  N-COUNT The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front in which you put luggage or other things. ( 汽车的 ) 行李箱 [英国英语]

  例：

  She opened the boot of the car and started to take out a bag of groceries.

  她打开汽车的行李箱，开始拿出一袋杂货。

• 6. 

  V-T To boot a car means the same as to a car. 用车轮钳锁锁住 (车辆) [美国英语]

• 7. 

  V-T/V-I If a computer boots or you boot it, it is made ready to use by putting in the instructions it needs in order to start working. 启动 [计算机]

  例：

  The computer won't boot.

  计算机无法启动。

  例：

  Put the CD into the drive and boot the machine.

  把光盘放进驱动器，然后启动机器。

• 8. 

  PHRASAL VERB Boot up means the same as . 启动

  例：

  Go over to your PC and boot it up.

  到你的个人电脑那儿，启动它。

• 9. 

  V to be of advantage or use to (a person) 成为(某人的)优势; 对(某人)有用 [archaic]

  例：

  what boots it to complain?

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted anymore, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with. 被解雇; 被抛弃 [非正式]

  例：

  She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot.

  她是个捣乱分子，一两年后就被解雇了。