bootleg

• adj. 違法的；偷運或非法製造並銷售的
• vt. 私賣
• vi. 私賣
• n. 靴統；私貨

boot, 靴子。leg, 腿。來自於美國19世紀末禁酒時期用長靴非法販賣私酒。比較moonshine, 月光，非法釀造私酒。

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.

這張唱片是盜版的。

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2. Mr. Hong was more than a simple distributor of bootleg software.

洪磊並不是簡單的盜版軟件銷售者.

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3. Some students were arrested for selling bootleg recordings on the Internet.

一些學生因在網路上販賣盜版品而被捕.

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4. Goods ( especially alcohol ) are bootlegged when they aresmuggled or manufactured and sold illegally.

bootleg指非法運送、製造及出售貨物 ( 尤指酒 ).

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5. Bootleg Movie Download: Are Bootleg Movie Downloads Really Worth It?

盜版電影下載: 有盜版電影下載真的值得?

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