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bootleg

adjective
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡ/
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡ/
[only before noun]
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  1. made and sold illegally非法制造贩卖的
    • a bootleg CD (= for example, one recorded illegally at a concert)一张非法录制的 CD
    • She was selling bootleg cassettes.她在卖盗版录音带。
    see also pirate
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBootleg is used with these nouns:
    • cassette
    • copy
    • DVD
    • …
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots.

bootleg

noun
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡ/
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  1. a recording or an alcoholic drink that has been made and sold illegally非法制造贩卖的
    • a bootleg of the concert非法录制的音乐会唱片

bootleg

verb
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡ/
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bootleg
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he / she / it bootlegs
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡz/
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡz/
past simple bootlegged
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡd/
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past participle bootlegged
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-ing form bootlegging
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbuːtleɡɪŋ/
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  1. bootleg something to make or sell goods, especially alcohol, illegally非法生产或销售（商品，尤指酒）Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from the smugglers' practice of concealing bottles in their boots.