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*boot¹ /but; buːt/
n [C]
1 a type of strong heavy shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg 靴子，长统靴:
hiking boots 远足长靴
2 BrE a covered space in the back of a car, used for carrying bags, boxes etc 【英】 〔汽车后部的〕行李箱; TRUNK AmE 【美】
3 put the boot in BrE informal 【英，非正式】
a) to be unkind to someone who is already upset 落井下石
b) to kick someone when they are on the ground 〔在某人倒地后〕猛踢
4 get the boot/be given the boot informal to be forced to leave your job 【非正式】 被解雇:
"What happened to Sandra?" "Oh, she got the boot." “桑德拉怎么了？”“噢，她被解雇了。”
5 the boot's on the other foot BrE spoken used to say that the situation has changed, and you now have power over someone who used to have power over you 【英口】局势逆转
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