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bootleg

英 ['buːtleg] 美 ['butlɛɡ]

解释

adj. 违法的；偷运或非法制造并销售的
vt. 私卖
vi. 私卖
n. 靴统；私货

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中文词源

bootleg 非法贩卖

boot, 靴子。leg, 腿。来自于美国19世纪末禁酒时期用长靴非法贩卖私酒。比较moonshine, 月光，非法酿造私酒。

英文词源

bootleg (n.): "leg of a boot," 1630s, from boot (n.1) + leg (n.). As an adjective in reference to illegal iquor, 1889, American English slang, from the trick of concealing a flask of liquor down the leg of a high boot. Before that the bootleg was the place to secret knives and pistols.

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例句和用法

1. The record was a bootleg.: 这张唱片是盗版的。

2. Mr. Hong was more than a simple distributor of bootleg software.: 洪磊并不是简单的盗版软件销售者.

3. Some students were arrested for selling bootleg recordings on the Internet.: 一些学生因在网路上贩卖盗版品而被捕.

4. Goods ( especially alcohol ) are bootlegged when they aresmuggled or manufactured and sold illegally.: bootleg指非法运送、制造及出售货物 ( 尤指酒 ).

5. Bootleg Movie Download: Are Bootleg Movie Downloads Really Worth It?: 盗版电影下载: 有盗版电影下载真的值得?