boy
n
1 [C] male child; son 男孩; 兒子
The Joneses have two boys and a girl. 瓊斯一家有兩個男孩兒一個女孩兒.
His eldest boy is at university. 他的長子上大學(xué)了.
2 [C] young man; lad; youth 小伙子; 少年; 青年
He lived in Edinburgh as a boy. 他年輕時住在愛?quot;?
A group of boys were playing football in the street. 一幫小伙子當(dāng)時正在街上踢足球.
How many boys are there in your class at school? 你們班有多少男同學(xué)?
3 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) boy or young man who does a specified job 從事某種職業(yè)的男童或小伙子: the paper-boy.
4 the boys [pl]
(infml 口) group of men who are friends and go out together 哥兒們
a night out with the boys, eg at a public house 與哥兒們在外泡了一夜(如在酒館里)
He plays football with the boys on Saturday afternoons. 他星期六下午跟弟兄們踢足球.
He likes to feel that he's one of the boys. 他樂於把自己當(dāng)成弟兄們的一分子.
5 [C] (derog offensive 貶, 蔑) (in some countries) male servant or labourer (某些國家的)男仆或男性勞工.
6 (idm 習(xí)語) back-room boys => back-room (back2). sb's blue-eyed boy => blue1. the boys in `blue (Brit infml 口) the police or a group of police officers 警方; 一群警察. ,boys ,will be `boys (saying 諺) young boys, and also sometimes grown men, occasionally behave in a childish way, and this may be excused 孩子總歸是孩子(男孩子, 甚至有些成年男子, 偶爾現(xiàn)出孩子氣, 可以諒解). jobs for the boys => job1. man and boy => man. sort out the men from the boys => sort2.
boy interj (infml 口 esp US) (expressing surprise, pleasure, relief or contempt 表示驚奇、愉快、快慰或輕視)
Boy, am I glad to see you! 啊, 見到你真高興!