a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on 拔靴襻 ■[usu. as modifier]the technique of using existing resources as a base and modifying them to create something more complex and effective 引导,自展 a bootstrap process. 引导程序。
(Computing)a technique of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions which enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device (计算机)自举,引导
verb
[with obj.andadverbial of direction]get (oneself or something) into or out of a particular situation using existing resources 使(某人,某事)进入(或摆脱)某种情形 the company is bootstrapping itself out of a marred financial past. 公司正在努力摆脱过去的财政困难。
常用词组 pull (或 drag) oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps