英语词汇“boffin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

boffin

/ˈbɒfɪn

noun British informal

1A person engaged in scientific or technical research: the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment...

This time around the authors are not drunken magazine hacks back from a long lunch; they're all eminent scientists, boffins and inventors.
It is already in use by more than 50 local authorities across the country, and has been given the thumbs-up by boffins at the Transport Research Laboratory.
In groundbreaking research Leeds University boffins discovered that men relax in pubs.

Synonyms

expert, specialist, authority, genius, mastermind;

scientist, technician, researcher, inventor

informal egghead, brains, Einstein, whizz, wizard, alpha geek

British informal brainbox, clever clogs

North American informal maven, rocket scientist, brainiac

1.1A person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex or arcane: a computer boffin...

BBC1 will devote a Saturday night to the experiment, which should sort out boffins from buffoons by completing a set of brain-teasers.
As a small business owner, you are not only the head honcho, but also the bean counter, chief salesman, IT boffin, tax specialist and marketing guru too.
Children are being turned off chemistry and physics by the mad professors and pointy-headed boffins of popular mythology, according to a new study of attitudes to science.

Derivatives

boffiny

adjective ...

It's often portrayed as a pursuit for boffiny men with abnormally high brain-power.
Championed by boffiny nerds, it appeals to almost everyone at some point in their lives, but rarely elicits strong feelings.
Now can the bookish, boffiny types out there please explain to me what's going on?

Origin

Second World War: of unknown origin.

All that is known for sure about boffin is that it originated in the Second World War as naval slang for an older officer. In 1945 there was the first reference to a person engaged in complex scientific or technical research, when The Times wrote of ‘A band of scientific men who performed their wartime wonders at Malvern and apparently called themselves “the boffins” ’. These days a boffin is any person with great skill or knowledge in a difficult or obscure area. But however clever the dictionary boffins are, they still cannot find the origins of the word. The US slang term boff, dating from the 1920s and meaning ‘to have sex with’, is unrelated. It first meant ‘to hit or strike’, and arose as an imitation of the sound of a blow.

单词	boffin
释义	boffin /ˈbɒfɪn / noun British informal 1A person engaged in scientific or technical research: the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment... This time around the authors are not drunken magazine hacks back from a long lunch; they're all eminent scientists, boffins and inventors. It is already in use by more than 50 local authorities across the country, and has been given the thumbs-up by boffins at the Transport Research Laboratory. In groundbreaking research Leeds University boffins discovered that men relax in pubs. Synonyms expert, specialist, authority, genius, mastermind; scientist, technician, researcher, inventor informal egghead, brains, Einstein, whizz, wizard, alpha geek British informal brainbox, clever clogs North American informal maven, rocket scientist, brainiac 1.1A person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex or arcane: a computer boffin... BBC1 will devote a Saturday night to the experiment, which should sort out boffins from buffoons by completing a set of brain-teasers. As a small business owner, you are not only the head honcho, but also the bean counter, chief salesman, IT boffin, tax specialist and marketing guru too. Children are being turned off chemistry and physics by the mad professors and pointy-headed boffins of popular mythology, according to a new study of attitudes to science. Derivatives boffiny adjective ... It's often portrayed as a pursuit for boffiny men with abnormally high brain-power. Championed by boffiny nerds, it appeals to almost everyone at some point in their lives, but rarely elicits strong feelings. Now can the bookish, boffiny types out there please explain to me what's going on? Origin Second World War: of unknown origin. All that is known for sure about boffin is that it originated in the Second World War as naval slang for an older officer. In 1945 there was the first reference to a person engaged in complex scientific or technical research, when The Times wrote of ‘A band of scientific men who performed their wartime wonders at Malvern and apparently called themselves “the boffins” ’. These days a boffin is any person with great skill or knowledge in a difficult or obscure area. But however clever the dictionary boffins are, they still cannot find the origins of the word. The US slang term boff, dating from the 1920s and meaning ‘to have sex with’, is unrelated. It first meant ‘to hit or strike’, and arose as an imitation of the sound of a blow. Rhymes coffin
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boffin

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boffiny

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