"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.
双语例句
1. The record was a bootleg.
这张唱片是盗版的。
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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.
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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.
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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 ).
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