booby

FREQ #13626

n. 呆子, 傻瓜

发音

其它 /ˈbuːbi/

词形变化

boobies 复数 boobied boobies 三单 boobies boobying boobying 现在分词 boobied 过去式 boobied 过去分词 more booby 比较级 most booby 最高级 boobier 比较级 boobiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stupid person.

    塘鹅

    鲣鸟

  2. 2.

    Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.

  3. 3.

    In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.

  4. 1.

    A breast.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.

    不及物 罕用
  2. 2.

    To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Stupid; unintelligent.

    废旧 俚语
  2. 1.

    Displaying breasts prominently.

    非正式
  3. 2.

    Having large breasts.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

dope dummy boob pinhead dumbbell

上位词 3

simple simpleton gannet

相关短语

booby trap n. 诡雷, 陷阱 v. 在…安陷阱 booby prize 末名奖品 booby traps booby prizes booby hatch 活盖小舱口 booby hut booby hutch booby hutches booby hatches booby huts booby house booby houses Booby Island Abbott's booby

词源

17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)).

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