bootstrap
字面意思: a loop at the back of a boot,used to pull it on.
穿鞋子脚后跟的环,叫做拔靴带.
boot·strap
ˈbo͞otˌstrap/
noun
noun: bootstrap; plural noun: bootstraps
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1.a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.
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2.COMPUTINGa technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions that enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device.
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3.the technique of starting with existing resources to create something more complex and effective."we see the creative act as a bootstrap process"
verb
verb: bootstrap; 3rd person present: bootstraps; past tense: bootstrapped; past participle: bootstrapped; gerund or present participle: bootstrapping
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1.get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources."the company is bootstrapping itself out of a marred financial past"
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start up (an enterprise), especially one based on the Internet, with minimal resources."they are bootstrapping their stations themselves, not with lots of dot-com venture capital(风投)"
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2.COMPUTINGboot1 (sense 3 of the verb).
adjective
adjective: bootstrap
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1.(of a person or project) using one's own resources rather than external help."a bootstrap capitalist's trip up the entrepreneurial ladder"