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boy

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Related topics: Children, Family
boy1 /bɔɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC] → buoy
1  CHILDSSCCHILDa male child, or a male person in general 男孩，少年；男人 → girl
The boys wanted to play football.
男孩子們想踢足球。
boys and girls aged 11–18
11到18歲之間的男孩和女孩
a teenage/adolescent boy
A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.
一群十幾歲的男孩站在外面交談。
bad/naughty boy
‘You naughty boy!’ she said in a harsh voice.
“你這個皮小子！”她厲聲說道。
What a polite little boy (=young male child) you are.
你真是個有禮貌的小男孩。
Come on, Timmy, act like a big boy (=an older boy) now.
行了，蒂米，要有大男孩的樣子了。
► see thesaurus at man
2  SONSSFa son 兒子
I love my boys, but I’d like to have a girl, too.
我愛我的兒子，但還是希望再有個女兒。
How old is your little boy (=young son)?
你的小兒子多大了？
3. office/paper/delivery etc boy BOa young man who does a particular job 〔年輕男性〕辦公室雜務員/送報員/送貨員等
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office/paper/delivery etc boy• He opened a flower shop but spends most of his time working as a delivery boy.• Perhaps he had just been a delivery boy.• And he'd send messages back through his delivery boy!• Policeman, judge, delivery boy, priest, referee, commissionaire.• Even little office boys dressed as though they were running the country.• The restaurant delivery boy rode skillfully up on his bike.• One container held around thirty dollars in change and small bills, handy for tipping delivery boys, I suppose.
4  city/local/country boy informal 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 城裏人/當地人/鄉下人
The classic story of a local boy who’s made good (=who has succeeded).
講一個本地人如何出息成材的經典故事
I’m just a country boy.
我不過是個鄉下人。
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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 rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher, more daring local boys.• Once a happy, handsome country 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 tall blond man busy coaching some young local boys in football.
5  the boys [plural] informalGROUP OF PEOPLE a group of men who are friends and often go out together 男性朋友們；一群男夥伴
Friday is his night out with the boys.
星期五晚上是他和一班弟兄們出去玩的時間。
He considers himself just one of the boys (=not anyone special, but liked by other men).
他認爲自己只是這群夥伴中的一份子。
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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 swing one of the boys in the air, then give two others a piggy-back ride down the corridor.• Unashamed nepotism ensured that one of the boys became Archbishop of St Andrews while still a minor.• There, after an initial adjustment, he was one of the boys.
6  ANIMALSHBANAME OF A THINGa way of talking to a male horse or dog 〔用於稱呼公馬或公犬〕家夥
Good boy!
好夥計！
7  boys [plural] informal
a) BOGROUP OF PEOPLEa group of men who do the same job 一群從事同一職業的男子
Oh no! Wait until the press boys get hold of this story.
噢，不！記者發現了這個新聞就好看了。
b) PMmen in the army, navy etc, especially those who are fighting in a war 〔尤指在戰場上作戰的〕士兵
our boys on the front lines
我們在前線的男兒
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boys• We need to support our boys stationed overseas.• The press boys are going to love this story.
8. boys will be boys BEHAVEused to say that you should not be surprised when boys or men behave badly, are noisy etc 男孩子總歸是男孩子〔表示不需爲男性的淘氣、吵鬧感到驚訝〕
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boys will be boys• Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads, and several were injured.• Above: Boys will be boys.• That, and a few water spouts, but then boys will be boys.
9. the boys in blue informal the police 警察
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the boys in blue• I could just as easily send the Boys in Blue.• I can tell you the boys in blue are pleased you've turned up.
10. old boy/my dear boy TALK TO somebody British EnglishBrE old-fashioned a friendly way for one man to speak to another man 老兄〔男人之間的友好稱呼〕
11. INSULT American EnglishAmE not polite an offensive way of talking to a black man 小子〔對黑人男性的冒犯語〕
→ blue-eyed boy, → jobs for the boys at job(16), → mama's boy, mummy's boy, old boy, wide boy
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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 ivory towers and only clever boys 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 Gray finishes 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 boys outpaced the girls in mechanical, verbal, and abstract reasoning, space relations, and numerical ability.• My two boys are still in college.
big boy• United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league.• 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 hoarse shouts 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 huge gang together to show up the big boys.• I wanted to prove myself by competing with the big boys.
little boy• He was a bright little boy and a natural ham who took easily to the cameras.• Prince Henry, who's nine, is very a nice little boy, and his sister Elizabeth is beautiful.• But so happen, one little boy not so good.• Nobody pushed little boys to play sports if they preferred to cook instead; nobody mocked little girls who collected spiders.• After Madeleine left, Edouard spent more and more time with the little boy -every free moment.• 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 toy soldiers and drafted speeches for the commanders-in-chief.
boy2 interjection American EnglishAmE informal
1  EXCITEDused when you are excited or pleased about something 好家夥〔表示興奮、欣喜〕
Boy, that was a great meal!
嘿，那頓飯真不錯！
2  oh boy! informal ANNOYused when you are slightly annoyed or disappointed about something 唉！〔表示有點厭煩或失望〕
Oh boy! Bethany’s sick again.
唉！ 貝瑟妮又病了。
Examples from the Corpus
boy• Boy, that chicken was good!
From Longman Business Dictionary
BOYBOYFINANCE
beginning of year; used in documents when talking about the beginning of a financial year
Origin boy1
(1200-1300) Perhaps from Frisian boi “boy”
boy1 nounboy2 interjection
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