| 单词 | boss |
| 释义 | boss boss1 /baws, bos/, n. 1. a person who employs or superintends workers; manager. 2. a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district. 3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss in his family. v.t. 4. to be master of or over; manage; direct; control. 5. to order about, esp. in an arrogant manner. v.i. 6. to be boss. 7. to be too domineering and authoritative. adj. 8. chief; master. 9. Slang. first-rate. [1640-50, Amer.; < D baas master, foreman] Syn. 1. supervisor, head, foreman, chief, superintendent, administrator, overseer. boss2 /baws, bos/, n. 1. Bot. , Zool. a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant. 2. Geol. a knoblike mass of rock, esp. an outcrop of igneous or metamorphic rock. 3. an ornamental protuberance of metal, ivory, etc.; stud. 4. Archit. a. an ornamental, knoblike projection, as a carved keystone at the intersection of ogives. b. a stone roughly formed and set in place for later carving. 5. Bookbinding. one of several pieces of brass or other metal inset into the cover of a book to protect the corners or edges or for decoration. 6. Mach. a small projection on a casting or forging. 7. Naut. a projecting part in a ship's hull, or in one frame of a hull, fitting around a propeller shaft. v.t. 8. to ornament with bosses. 9. to emboss. 10. (in plumbing) to hammer (sheet metal, as lead) to conform to an irregular surface. [1250-1300; ME boce < AF: lump, growth, boil; OF < VL *bottia, of uncert. orig.] boss3 /bos, baws/, n. a familiar name for a calf or cow. [1790-1800, Amer.; cf. dial. (SW England) borse, boss, buss six-month-old calf] boss4 /bos/, adj. Scot. hollow; empty. [1505-15; of obscure orig.] |
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