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

1. 1.

   a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.
2. 2.

   COMPUTING

   a 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.
3. 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

1. 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"

   • 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)"
2. 2.

   COMPUTING

   fuller form of boot¹ (sense 3 of the verb).

adjective

adjective: bootstrap

1. 1.

   (of a person or project) using one's own resources rather than external help.

   "a bootstrap capitalist's trip up the entrepreneurial ladder"