Boot

(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

• I despatched the first woman-servant I could find to Rosanna's room; and I sent the boy back to say that I myself would follow him with the boot. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He struck his boot upon the ground, so that the guineas chinked within. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• How I do still abhor-- He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was lost upon Sikes, who was stooping at the moment to tie the boot-lace which the dog had torn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The mark was not yet blurred out by the rain--and the girl's boot fitted it to a hair. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Considerable skill is required to do this, as all the joints and seams must be rolled down smooth and firm to ensure a solid boot or shoe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There was a double line of tracks of a booted man, and a second double line which I saw with delight belonged to a man with naked feet. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• That night, and the next, and the next again, the spy sat booted and equipped in his carter's dress: ready to turn out at a word from Fagin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• When, at last, Haley appeared, booted and spurred, he was saluted with the bad tidings on every hand. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• A carriage with post-horses was ready at the Bank door, and Jerry was booted and equipped. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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