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booting

/boo-ting/US // ˈbu tɪŋ //

开机,启动,引导,开动

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice of dealing with scofflaws by attaching a boot to the wheel of a car, immobilizing it until its owner reports to the police or pays delinquent fines.

Examples

  • All older debt, including booting, towing and storage fees for vehicles that have been impounded, would be forgiven.

  • Regardless of when the booting may happen, the swap seems to be imminent.

  • Isn't this free-booting spirit, now, better than leading a cowardly life of musty regularity?

  • "Chinese labour," yelled a voice, and across the square swept a wildfire of booting and bawling.

  • It was still booting, and man, those icons creeping across the screen looked good.

  • This man was a ferocious free-booting chief, daring and brave himself, and admiring those qualities in others.

  • While Pastorella lay ill, a band of free-booting merchants arrived in search of slaves.