N-COUNT (步行、运动等时穿的)厚底短筒靴 Boots are strong, heavy shoes which cover your ankle and which have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example when you are walking or taking part in sport.
The soldiers' boots resounded in the street... 士兵的军靴声在街上回荡。
Equip yourself with stout walking boots and sticks. 你自己要准备好结实的步行靴和拐杖。
VERB 猛踢(球等) If you boot something such as a ball, you kick it hard.
He booted the ball 40 yards back up field... 他一脚踢出40码远,把球踢回前场。
One guy booted the door down. 一个人猛地踹倒了门。
N-COUNT (汽车的)行李箱,后备箱 The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front, in which you carry things such as luggage and shopping.
He opened the boot to put my bags in... 他打开行李箱把我带的包放了进去。
Harris got a rope from the car boot. 哈里斯从汽车行李箱里拿出一条绳子。
in AM, use 美国英语用 trunk
VERB (用丹佛锁扣)锁住(汽车) To boot a car means to fit a Denver boot to one of its wheels so that it cannot be driven away.
'If we're gettin' booted, we sure as hell ain't leavin' it for the locals.' “如果我们的车轮被锁住,我们绝不会把车留给当地人。”
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 clamp
PHRASE 被解雇;被抛弃; If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with.
She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot... 她总是影响正常的工作,一两年后便被解雇了。
His girl gave him the boot. 他被女友抛弃了。
(在某人已感到虚弱或苦恼时)说刻薄伤人的话,落井下石 If someone puts the boot in, they attack another person by saying something cruel, often when the person is already feeling weak or upset.
PHRASE 而且;另外;加之 You can say to boot to emphasize that you have added something else to something or to a list of things that you have just said.
He is making money and receiving free advertising to boot! 他既挣了钱,又做了免费的广告!
They have to be thin, attractive and well-dressed to boot. 她们必须得既苗条又迷人,而且一定要打扮漂亮。