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be/get booted {NAmE, informal) if you or your car is booted, a piece of equipment is fixed to the car^Js wheel so that you cannot drive it away, usually because the car is illegally parked在（通常为非法停放的汽车>> 车轮 上装制动装置一see also clamp v•⑶1』:1划,boot sb— 'out (of sth) {informal) to force sb to leave a place or job 赶走；解雇 THROW OUT

boot-boy /'buitboi/ noun {BrB) 1 [informal) a violent young man, especially one with very short hair and big heavy boots (尤指蓄短发穿厚重子的）凶暴小青年

2 in the past, a boy employed to clean boots and shoes (旧时的丨擦鞋男童

'boot camp noun 1 a training camp for new members of the armed forces, where they have to work hard 新 兵训练营 2 a type of prison for young criminals where there is strict discipline (青少年ill的）劳教营 'boot-cut adj. [usually before noun] boot-cut trousers/ pants are slightly wider at the bottom of the legs where the material goes over the feet or shoes (裤子）裤脚套 鞋面的，盖没脚面的

bootee (also bootie) /bur'ti:/ noun 1 a bab^s sock, worn instead of shoes i织婴)L鞋；编织婴儿袜：a pair 〇/bootees —双驾鞋穿的编织婴儿袜2 a woman’s short boot短筒女靴

booth /bu:6； NAmE bu:0/ noun 1 a small confined place where you can do sth privately, for example make a telephone call, or vote不受千的划定空_间J如电话 亭、投票间等）：a phone ?>ooth电话亭◊ a poHing/ voting booth 投票间一see also photo booth, toll- booth 2 a small tent or temporary structure at a market, an exhibition or a fairground, where you can buy things, get information or watch sth 临时合摊 (:;或放映棚等）3 a place to sit in a restaurant which consists of two long seats with a table between them (餐馆中的）火车座，卡座

.Boot ^!HiH noun [U] {US, informal, humorous) (in the Wild West) a place where people are buried 靴it (美国西大

荒地区的坟地）

boot-lace /'buitleis/ noun [usually pi.] a long thin piece of leather or string used to fasten boots or shoes 鞋带 .bootlace 'tie noun a tie that is as thin as a piece of string细（如鞋带的）领带 bootleg /'buitleg/ adj., verb

■ fw/y. [only before noun] made and sold illegally 非法制造 販卖的：a boorfeg cassette (= for example, one recorded illegally at a concert):’非法录制的盒式磁带一see also pirate ► boot-leg noun ： a bootleg of the concert

制的音乐会节目

■ verb (-gg-) [VN] to make or sell goods, especially alcohol, illegally非法生产或销售（商品，尤指酒）►bootlegger noun booMeg*ging noun[\J]

boot-lick-er /'buitlika(r)/ noun {informal, disapproving) a person who is too friendly to sb in authority and is always ready to do what they want 马屁精>匕〇〇^_1(1<- ing /'buitlikirj/ noun [U]

boot-strap /'buitstraep/ noun IliTOl pull/drag yourself up by your (own) 'bootstraps {informaf) to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people

自力更生

booty /'buiti/ {pi. -ies) noun 1 [U] valuable things that are stolen，especially by soldiers in a time of war 赃 物；掠夺物；焱利品 Elia loot ² [U]..(/>?/omK7/) valuable tilings that sb wins，buys or obtains (贏得、购买：得 到的）贵重物品：When we got home 介om our day’s shopping, we laid all our booty out on the floor,

物一天回到家里，把搜罗到的好东*都摊开摆在地板上。

3 [C] [informal, especially NAmE) the part of the body that you sit on 屁股 H771 buttocks ： to shake your booty f= to dance with great energy)扭屁股（指用 i跳舞）

boo.ty.li.cious /,bu:ti'lijas/ adj. {informal, especially /s/Amb sexually attractive 性感的 booze /bu:z/ noun, verb

■ fiown [U] alcoholic drink 酒精饮料

verb [V] {informal) (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行命）to drink alcohol, especially in large