bootleg
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++boot·leg1 /ˈbuːtleɡ/ adjective [only before noun] 1 SCLbootleg alcohol, software, or recordings are made and sold illegally 〔酒〕非法酿造和销售的;〔软件、影音制品〕非法制造并出售的,盗版的 bootleg tapes 盗版磁带2. American English bootleg jeans, trousers etc become wider at the end of each leg 〔牛仔裤、普通裤子等〕微喇叭的 SYN British English bootcut
Examples from the Corpus
bootleg• Later the Colonel bought me a bottle of bootleg liquor from some gypsies.• Later they bring the old man a gift, boxes of bootleg liquor.• And bootleg sales were never substantial enough to hurt the regular sales of an artist, he says.• Police seized 30,000 bootleg tapes in a raid last night in Brooklyn.bootleg2 noun [countable] SCLAPMan illegal recording of a music performance 盗版唱片[录音带]Examples from the Corpus
bootleg• But we all make concessions to age and physical erosion, so Young remained fully clothed on his naked bootleg.bootleg3 verb (bootlegged, bootlegging) [intransitive, transitive] SCLDFDto illegally make or sell alcohol, or to illegally make or sell copies of software or recordings 非法酿造[出售]〔酒〕;非法制作[销售]〔软件或影音制品〕 —bootlegger noun [countable] —bootlegging noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
bootleg• Psion's approach is to turn out software as cheaply as possible, making it uneconomical to bootleg copies.From Longman Business Dictionarybootlegboot‧leg /ˈbuːtleg/ adjective [only before a noun] made or sold illegally900 bootleg videos of pop concerts have been seized by trading standards officers.bootleg whiskyboot·leg1 adjectivebootleg2 nounbootleg3 verbChineseSyllable
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boot‧leg1 /ˈbuːtleɡ/
adjective [only before noun]
1. bootleg alcohol, software, or recordings are made and sold illegally:
bootleg tapes
2. American English bootleg JEANs, trousers etc become wider at the end of each leg
SYN bootcut British English
bootleg2
noun [countable]
an illegal recording of a music performance
bootleg3
verb (past tense and past participle bootlegged, present participle bootlegging) [intransitive and transitive]
to illegally make or sell alcohol, or to illegally make or sell copies of software or recordings
—bootlegger noun [countable]
—bootlegging noun [uncountable]
| I |
adjective [only before noun]1. bootleg alcohol, software, or recordings are made and sold illegally:
2. American English bootleg JEANs, trousers etc become wider at the end of each leg
SYN bootcut British English
| II |
noun [countable]an illegal recording of a music performance
| III |
verb (past tense and past participle bootlegged, present participle bootlegging) [intransitive and transitive]to illegally make or sell alcohol, or to illegally make or sell copies of software or recordings
—bootlegger noun [countable]
—bootlegging noun [uncountable]