Boot

[buːt] or [but]

解释:

(noun.) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.

(noun.) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.

(noun.) British term for the luggage compartment in a car.

(noun.) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.

(noun.) protective casing for something that resembles a leg.

(verb.) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; 'boot your computer'.

(verb.) kick; give a boot to.

校对:凯尔西--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

(n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.

(n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.

(v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

(v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.

(n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

(n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

(n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.

(n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

(n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

(n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

(v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.

(v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.

(v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

(n.) Booty; spoil.

编辑:齐克

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [Generally used impersonally.] Profit, benefit, advantage.

编辑:凯利

解释:

n. a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg generally made of leather: an infamous instrument of judicial torture in which the legs were forced into a strong case and wedges driven in until bone muscle and marrow were crushed together—also Boot′ikin: a box or receptacle in a coach.—v.t. to put on boots.—n. Boot′-clos′er one who closes the upper leathers of boots.—pa.p. Boot′ed having boots on equipped for riding.—ns. Boot′-hook an instrument for pulling on long boots; Boot′hose (Shak.) hose or stockings used in place of boots; Boot′-jack an instrument for taking off boots; Boot′lace a lace for fastening boots; Boot′-last Boot′-tree the last or wooden mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape.—adj. Boot′less without boots: referring also as in Tennyson's metaphorical use 'wedded to a bootless calf ' to the ancient custom at a marriage by proxy of the quasi bridegroom putting one unbooted leg into the bride's bed.—n. Boots the servant at an inn who cleans the boots runs messages &c.—in combination as Lazyboots Slyboots.—Boot and saddle (a corr. of Fr. bouteselle place saddle) the signal to cavalry to mount.—Like old boots (slang) vigorously heartily.—Six feet in his boots quite six feet high.—To die in his boots to be cut off in the midst of health as by the rope; To have one's heart in one's boots to be in a state of extreme terror.

v.t. to profit or advantage.—n. advantage: profit: any reparation or compensation paid like the man-bote of old English law: (Shak.) booty.—adj. Boot′less without boot or profit: useless.—adv. Boot′lessly.—n. Boot′lessness.—To boot in addition; To make boot of (Shak.) to make profit of.

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