n.靴子；猛踢；解雇；[英]汽车行李箱
vt.踢；穿靴子；逐出；启动(计算机)
My foot won't go into this boot. 我的脚伸不进这只靴子。
Italy vaguely resembles a boot. 意大利国的形状像只靴子。
The thief gave me a boot in my stomach. 小偷朝我腹部踢了一脚。
If you are late once more, you'll getting the boot. 你再迟到一次,就要把你解雇了。
He got the boot after fourteen years and had to find a new job. 他工作了14年后竟然被解雇了，只好另谋职业。
I'll put the luggage in the boot. 我去把行李放进行李箱里。
He squeezed six big bags into the boot of my car. 他把六个大提包硬塞进了我车子的行李箱。
用作及物动词 (vt.)He kept booting the ball into the crowd. 他总把球往人群中踢。
His father booted him out of the house. 他父亲把他从家里赶了出去。
It'll take my computer a couple of minutes to boot. 我电脑重启需要几分钟的时间。
boot用作名词时意思是“长筒靴,高筒鞋”,此时多用于复数形式; 也可指汽车后面的“行李箱”。boot也可作“踢”解,此时多用于单数形式。
boot用于比喻可作“解雇”解,常用于give sb the boot短语。
