3.office/paper/delivery etc boyBOa young man who does a particular job 〔年轻男性〕办公室杂务员/送报员/送货员等
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office/paper/delivery etc boy• He opened a flowershop but spends most of his time working as a delivery boy.• Perhaps he had just been a delivery boy.• And he'd sendmessages back through his delivery boy!• Policeman, judge, delivery boy, priest, referee, commissionaire.• Even little office boysdressed as though they were running the country.• The restaurantdelivery boyrode skillfully up on his bike.• One container held around thirty dollars in change and small bills, handy for tippingdelivery boys, I suppose.
4city/local/country boyinformal a man of any age who is typical of people from a particular place, or who feels a strong connection with the place he grew up in 城里人/当地人/乡下人
The classic story of a local boy who’s made good (=who has succeeded).
讲一个本地人如何出息成材的经典故事
I’m just a country boy.
我不过是个乡下人。
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city/local/country boy• Joseph must have been a country boy.• For a local boy to come home, this is truly as good as it gets.• Gary Boyce is a local boy who made it big.• Julie was a richkid who loved to associate with the tougher, more daringlocal boys.• Once a happy, handsomecountry boy, Inman has become hardened, cynical, burned out.• They went wild with jubilation as they paid homage to the local boy who made President.• It was then that she noticed a tallblond man busycoaching some young local boys in football.
5the boys[plural] informalGROUP OF PEOPLE a group of men who are friends and often go out together 男性朋友们;一群男伙伴
Friday is his night out with the boys.
星期五晚上是他和一班弟兄们出去玩的时间。
He considers himself just one of the boys (=not anyone special, but liked by other men).
他认为自己只是这群伙伴中的一份子。
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one of the boys• I've always just wanted to be one of the boys.• And time out: Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys.• There, they rehearsed, improvised, went camping and played, with Williams becoming one of the boys.• The other day, one of the boys wanted Reeboks.• Relatives could sue, they tell me, if one of the boys fell in and drown while he was on board.• To quiet things down, she often has to order one of the boys to stand in a corner.• I swingone of the boys in the air, then give two others a piggy-back ride down the corridor.• Unashamednepotismensured that one of the boys became Archbishop of St Andrews while still a minor.• There, after an initialadjustment, he was one of the boys.
6ANIMALSHBANAME OF A THINGa way of talking to a male horse or dog 〔用于称呼公马或公犬〕家伙
Good boy!
好伙计!
7boys[plural] informal
a)BOGROUP OF PEOPLEa group of men who do the same job 一群从事同一职业的男子
Oh no! Wait until the press boys get hold of this story.
噢,不!记者发现了这个新闻就好看了。
b)PMmen in the army, navy etc, especially those who are fighting in a war 〔尤指在战场上作战的〕士兵
boy• Harry teaches in a boys' school in Glasgow.• I used to live in Spain when I was a boy.• A confrontation developed and the aggrieved boy decided to take the matter to the headmaster.• It is the stuff of ivorytowers and only cleverboys and girls are expected to reflect upon its themes.• There are only five boys in the class.• Down the hall in a waiting room, volunteer Eula Grayfinishes reading a story to a little boy.• Why don't you go play with that little boy over there?• At last, the morning came when Oliver was allowed to go out to work with the two other boys.• She looked at the boy now.• He put a hand on the boy's shoulder and walked with him down the hall.• The boysoutpaced the girls in mechanical, verbal, and abstractreasoning, spacerelations, and numericalability.• My two boys are still in college.
big boy• United lit the fuse for a qualitycuptie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premierleague.• They appeared to have one law for the big boys and another for the minnows.• I've had the big boys on to me today.• I have imagined him bravely making himself walk down the steps and face the hoarseshouts and attacks of the bigger boys.• And those are just some of the big boys.• Bethlehem was a new record company in 1957 and gathered this hugegang together to show up the big boys.• I wanted to prove myself by competing with the big boys.
little boy• He was a brightlittle boy and a naturalham who took easily to the cameras.• Prince Henry, who's nine, is very a nicelittle boy, and his sister Elizabeth is beautiful.• But so happen, one little boy not so good.• Nobodypushedlittle boys to play sports if they preferred to cook instead; nobody mocked little girls who collectedspiders.• After Madeleine left, Edouard spent more and more time with the little boy -every freemoment.• The little boy had left his table and was coming over to ours.• The little boy had lost interest and started pulling open the drawers of the dressing-table.• The little boy loved toysoldiers and draftedspeeches for the commanders-in-chief.
boy2 interjectionAmerican EnglishAmE informal
1EXCITEDused when you are excited or pleased about something 好家伙〔表示兴奋、欣喜〕
Boy, that was a great meal!
嘿,那顿饭真不错!
2oh boy! informalANNOYused when you are slightly annoyed or disappointed about something 唉!〔表示有点厌烦或失望〕
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOYADJECTIVE➤big個頭大的男孩;大男孩◇Your boy is big for his age.就你兒子的年齡來說,他的塊頭很大。◇Don't cry-you're a big boy now.別哭了 - 你現在是個大男孩了。➤little, small小男孩;個頭小的男孩◇A little boy rode by on a tricycle.一個小男孩騎着三輪車過去了。◇Their boy is small for his age.相對於他的年齡,他們的兒子個頭小了點兒。➤young年齡小的男孩◇Our youngest boy is just starting school.我們最小的兒子才剛剛上學。➤elder, eldest, older年齡較大的男孩;年齡最大的男孩◇How old is your eldest boy?你的大兒子幾歲了?➤baby男嬰➤five-year-old, etc. * 5 歲等男孩▸➤adolescent, teenage青春期的男孩;十幾歲的男孩▸➤good乖男孩◇Eat up your greens-there's a good boy.把青菜吃完 - 這才是好孩子。➤bad, naughty壞孩子;調皮的孩子▸➤bright, clever, smart (especially NAmE) 聰明的男孩VERB + BOY➤have生男孩;有兒子◇They've had a baby boy.他們已經生了一個小男孩。◇I have three boys.我有 3 個兒子。