bootleg

• 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

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。

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.

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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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?

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