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词汇 jackboot
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Definition of jackboot in English:

jackboot

noun ˈdʒakbuːtˈdʒækˌbut
  • 1A large leather military boot reaching to the knee.

    长统军(或马)靴

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
    • After dinner, Roger appeared in military fatigues, complete with hat, sunglasses, jackboots, and swagger stick.
    • And a combatant could choose more propitious venues for the slugfest than the steps of the Hotel Ukraine in the heart of Moscow, hard by Lenin's tomb where minions of the Red Army goosestep in jackboots at all hours.
    • Within only six weeks, the French army had collapsed and shell-shocked Parisians were forced to watch as German soldiers paraded through their streets, the sound of their jackboots signalling the defeat of a great power.
    • Since Griffin came to power he has tried to mould the BNP into a seemingly respectable group, ditching the old skinheads and jackboots for the ‘brute in a suit’ look.
    Synonyms
    gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot
    1. 1.1 Used as a symbol of cruel or authoritarian behaviour or rule.
      专制压迫;高压手段
      a country under the jackboot of colonialism

      在殖民主义铁蹄下的国家。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of course the entire region really was under the jackboot, if you like, of apartheid rule.
      • The only way that successive regimes in Jakarta have been able to prevent the rise of separatist sentiment, however, is with the jackboot of the military.
      • One less problem now that this voice of free thought has been stamped out under the jackboot.
      • This prescient short story, published in Blackwood's magazine, described how, after the fall of France, the German army would invade and grind Britain under its jackboot for all eternity.
      • The poem of Agraphon was written by Angelos Sikelianos in 1941 when Greece was under the German jackboot.

Derivatives

  • jackbooted

  • adjectiveˈdʒakbuːtɪdˈdʒækˌbudəd
    • Fortunately, I've recently discovered a way to prevent the jackbooted Federal thugs from invading your bank account and stealing tax money which should rightfully be yours if the government lacked any taxation system.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The jackbooted thugs can arrest you without bothering to accuse you of a crime.
      • But I can't get together with my buddies and play a friendly poker game without the threat of a bunch of jackbooted thugs in police uniforms busting into my house.
      • Gore Vidal, much to his own surprise no doubt, manages to prove that he is once again quite capable of dissenting without him getting carted off at midnight by jackbooted thugs.
      • To conclude, Melbourne is a vibrant, bustling metropolis, in which parking restrictions are enforced with far too much enthusiasm and vigour by jackbooted bureaucrats.

Definition of jackboot in US English:

jackboot

nounˈjakˌbo͞otˈdʒækˌbut
  • 1A large leather military boot reaching to the knee.

    长统军(或马)靴

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
    • After dinner, Roger appeared in military fatigues, complete with hat, sunglasses, jackboots, and swagger stick.
    • Within only six weeks, the French army had collapsed and shell-shocked Parisians were forced to watch as German soldiers paraded through their streets, the sound of their jackboots signalling the defeat of a great power.
    • Since Griffin came to power he has tried to mould the BNP into a seemingly respectable group, ditching the old skinheads and jackboots for the ‘brute in a suit’ look.
    • And a combatant could choose more propitious venues for the slugfest than the steps of the Hotel Ukraine in the heart of Moscow, hard by Lenin's tomb where minions of the Red Army goosestep in jackboots at all hours.
    Synonyms
    gumboot, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, field boot, thigh boot, half-boot, ankle boot, pixie boot, chelsea boot, balmoral, desert boot, moon boot, snow boot
    1. 1.1in singular Used as a symbol of cruel or authoritarian behavior or rule.
      专制压迫;高压手段
      a country under the jackboot of colonialism

      在殖民主义铁蹄下的国家。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of course the entire region really was under the jackboot, if you like, of apartheid rule.
      • This prescient short story, published in Blackwood's magazine, described how, after the fall of France, the German army would invade and grind Britain under its jackboot for all eternity.
      • The only way that successive regimes in Jakarta have been able to prevent the rise of separatist sentiment, however, is with the jackboot of the military.
      • One less problem now that this voice of free thought has been stamped out under the jackboot.
      • The poem of Agraphon was written by Angelos Sikelianos in 1941 when Greece was under the German jackboot.
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