| 单词 | bootleg |
| 释义 | bootleg (once / 6498 pages) 1nadjv 2n Use the adjective bootleg to describe something that is sold illegally, usually because it was stolen in the first place. If you download a movie on your computer and then sell it to a friend, it's a bootleg film. Bootleg is good for describing something that's stolen, smuggled, or pirated. You can use it as a verb, too, when you're talking about selling something illegal or obtained in a sneaky way, like secret recordings of a rock concert or contraband candy at summer camp. The word bootleg, which originally meant simply "the leg of a boot," refers to alcohol smugglers' trick of hiding flasks inside their boots. WORD FAMILYbootleg: bootlegged, bootlegger, bootlegging, bootlegs+/bootlegger: bootleggers USAGE EXAMPLESRyan struggled to adapt to Shanahan’s system, reliant on zone running and bootlegs, and threw 16 interceptions in the worst season of his career. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) They keep you off balance with some bootlegs and those type of things. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) I once paid an enormous amount of money for the Manchester concert back when it was a bootleg. Salon(Dec 08, 2016) 1 1n whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash Syn|Hyper corn liquor, moonshine corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn 2adj distributed or sold illicitly Syn black, black-market, contraband, smuggled illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules 3v sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol They were bootlegging whiskey Hyper sell exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent 4v produce or distribute illegally 2bootleg tapes of the diva's singing Hyper create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product n the part of a boot above the instep Hyper covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
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