单词 | bad boy |
释义 | bad boyn. 1. colloquial (originally U.S.). A man who does not conform to expected or approved standards of conduct; a rebel. With of or genitive indicating the sphere in which he is so regarded. ΚΠ 1860 N.Y. Times 9 Mar. 4/3 We of New York who do duty so constantly in the British Press as the model ‘bad boys’ of Christendom. 1945 G. Antheil (title) Bad boy of music. 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 21 July 15/2 Ross Strudwick and Greg Holben are concerned their ‘bad boy’ images as players have put referees off-side with them. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Oct. 119/2 The next wave of girls and boys fell in thrall to fashion's bad boys, subversive dressers like Elvis and James Dean. 2000 B. Haring Beyond Charts i. 14 The one time bad boy of rock 'n roll whose days of drinking, snorting and carousing at Sony were the stuff of industry legend. 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) (originally in African-American usage). Something considered extremely effective or impressive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] > effective thing swinger1599 bad boy1969 1969 Afro Amer. 10 May 31/5 The [Howard University] administration has been selling (wolf) tickets with their TRO's (Temporary Restraining Orders) all year; and the students just cashed in one of those bad boys! 1974 V. E. Smith Jones Men 139 I finally got this bad boy together bout six, seven months. 1996 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 1 b We went 142 mph in that bad boy. 2004 Knowledge Apr. 16/3 Sonic Impact Technologies has linked Nike affiliate Savier to make the badboy you see on this page. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1860 |
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