boss
n
(infml 口) person who controls or gives orders to workers; manager; employer 老板; 經理; 上司; 工頭; 領班
ask one's boss for a pay rise 請求老板增加工資
Who's (the) boss in this house? ie Is the wife or the husband in control? 誰是一家之主(是妻子還是丈夫當家)? boss, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sb (about/around) (infml derog 口, 貶) give orders to sb in an overbearing way 向某人發號施令
He's always bossing his wife about. 他總是呼來喚去地指使妻子.
boss n round projecting knob or stud, esp in the centre of a shield or as a decoration on a church ceiling 圓形凸起物; (尤指)盾的中心或教堂天花板上的突起裝飾.