英语单词 | boy |
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英美音标 | 英 [bɔɪ] 美 [bɔɪ] |
中文释义 | n.男孩;儿子;男服务员 |
英语例句 | (1) That boy is about ten years old. (2) The stone just missed the boy. (3) Don't cry, you are a big boy now. (4) She is partial to her youngest boy. (5) The bell boy will take you to your room. |
中文例句 | (1) 那个男孩大约有十岁。 (2) 那块石头差点儿砸到那个男孩。 (3) 别哭,你现在已经是大男孩了。 (4) 她偏爱她的小儿子。 (5) 这位青年服务员会引您去您的房间。 |
vocabulary简明 | A boy is a male child. When a baby is born, the doctor or midwife often says, "It's a girl!" or "It's a boy!" |
vocabulary扩展 | A boy usually grows up to be a man, just as a girl most often becomes a woman. A delivery boy is a young man whose job involves taking pizzas to people's homes, and you might call to your dog, "Here, boy!" unless your dog is female. Boy is also an exclamation: "Oh boy! I can't wait for my vacation next week!" The Old English root is boie, "boy," but also "servant" or "commoner." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]男孩;男童 A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]男青年,小伙子(尤用于指青年男女恋爱关系时) You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between boys and girls.
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]儿子 Someone's boy is their son. [usu poss N] [INFORMAL 非正式]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]家伙,伙计(尤用于亲切谈论某人时) You can refer to a man as a boy, especially when you are talking about him in an affectionate way. [with supp] [feelings] [INFORMAL 非正式]
5 [N-VOC 称呼名词]家伙,伙计(用于吆喝马或狗时) You can use boy when giving instructions to a horse or dog.
6 See also:backroom boy ;blue-eyed boy ;bully-boy ;head boy ;messenger boy ;office boy ;old boy ;stable boy ;Teddy boy ; 7 [PHRASE 短语]警察 The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue . [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] 8 [EXCLAM 感叹语]好家伙(表示激动、羡慕等情感) Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration. [feelings] [mainly AM 主美] [INFORMAL 非正式]
9 [PHRASE 短语]男人总归是男人(用以表示男人的典型行为不会改变) If you say boys will be boys, for example when a group of men are behaving noisily or aggressively, you are suggesting in a light-hearted way that this is typical male behaviour and will never change. 10 [PHRASE 短语]男子汉中的一员 If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine. [usu v-link PHR]
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