| 单词 | boy |
| 释义 | boy (bɔɪ ) Word forms: boys 1. countable noun A1 A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man. I knew him when he was a little boy. He was still just a boy. Synonyms: lad, kid [informal], youth, fellow [old-fashioned] 2. countable noun You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between boys and girls. ...the age when girls get interested in boys. 3. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] Someone's boy is their son. [informal] Eric was my cousin Edward's boy. I have two boys. Synonyms: son 4. countable noun You can refer to a man as a boy, especially when you are talking about him in an affectionate way. [informal, feelings] ...the local boy who made President. 'Come on boys!,' he shouted to the sailors. 5. vocative noun You can use boy when giving instructions to a horse or dog. Down, boy, down! 6. See also backroom boy, blue-eyed boy, bully-boy, head boy, messenger boy, office boy, old boy, stable boy, Teddy boy 7. the boys in blue phrase The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue. [old-fashioned] 8. boy/oh boy exclamation Some people say ' boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration. [mainly US, informal, feelings] Oh Boy! Just think what I could tell him. 9. boys will be boys phrase 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. one of the boys phrase [usually verb-link PHRASE] 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. He wants to be accepted as one of the boys. Quotations: Never send a boy to do a man's job Idioms: a whipping boy someone or something that people blame when things go wrong, even though they may not be responsible for what has happened Businessmen fear that they and the hard-won free-market reforms will be the whipping boys for the economic ills that confront the new administration. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone's blue-eyed boy [mainly British] or someone's fair-haired boy a man who someone has a very high opinion of and gives special treatment to He'd lost interest in Willy by that time – I was the blue-eyed boy. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 男孩 Japanese: 少年 |
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