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单词 boy
释义 boy
\ˈbȯi\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Frisian boi boy and probably to Old English Bōia, Bōfa (masculine proper names), Old High German Buobo (masculine proper name), Middle High German buobe boy; all perhaps from prehistoric West Germanic words derived by baby talk from the West Germanic word corresponding to Old English brōthor brother — more at brother
1.
 a. : a male child from birth to puberty
  < boy baby >
 b. : son : male offspring
  < this is my little boy >
 c. : a male person not fully matured or not felt to be mature : lad, youth
  < a job that separates the men from the boys >
  < boy scientist >
  < boy wonder >
 d. : sweetheart, beau : young social partner
  < she is never seen with a boy >
  : favorite
  < the fair-haired boy of the department >
 e. : pupil, student
  < college boys >
  < day boy >
2.
 a. : one native to or originally belonging to a given place
  < a country boy at heart >
  < a local boy who made good in the big city >
 b. : a member of a group, gang, or any kind of association of equals
  < wait till the boys back home hear this >
  < the boys at the office >
  : conformist — usually used in plural
  < trying to be just one of the boys >
 c. slang : one classed or identified with a particular profession or specialty
  < what the science boys have discovered >
  < the boys in the drafting room >
  or doctrine
  < the hard-money boys >
  < the happiness boys >
  or faction
  < controlled by the big-business boys >
  — usually used with some degree of ridicule, hostility, or contempt; usually used in plural
3. obsolete : rascal, knave, varlet
4.
 a. : a male servant
  < house boy >
  < stable boy >
 b. : one who does light work especially in the service fields
  < I'll send a boy over with it >
  — usually used in combinations
  < delivery boy >
 c. : a male member of a race felt to be inferior
  < hiring boys for a safari >
5. : man, fellow — used in affection or admiration or familiarity
 < a nice old boy >
 < the boss is quite a boy >
 < cheer up, old boy >
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