boy
n. 男孩 [法] 男孩, 少年, 儿子
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教材释义与例句
男孩；男人
a male child, or a male person in general
The boys wanted to play football.
男孩子们想踢足球。
boys and girls aged 11–18
11到18岁之间的男孩和女孩
What a polite little boy (= young male child ) you are.
你真是个有礼貌的小男孩。
Come on, Timmy, act like a big boy (= an older boy ) now.
行了，蒂米，要有大男孩的样子了。
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A male child.
男孩
少年
男孩子
小伙子
男仔
丈夫囡仔
查埔㛠仔
可数 不可数Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
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A young man.
可数 非正式 不可数Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
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A son of any age.
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A male human younger than the speaker.
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A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
可数 贬义 非正式 不可数boys' club
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A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
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A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly
男仆
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A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
A younger such worker.
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A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
可数 历史 冒犯 不可数My Boy Stephen Grauener.
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A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
A male camp follower.
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Any non-white male, regardless of age.
可数 冒犯 不可数A Hottentot... expects to be called by his name if addressed by any one who knows it; and by those to whom it is not known he expects to be called Hottentot... or boy.
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A male friend.
老弟
可数 非正式 不可数hanging with my boys
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A male submissive.
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A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
可数 不可数C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?
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A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
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Heroin.
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A male (tree, gene, etc).
可数 不可数Of the 100 percent total, 25 will have two girl genes, 50 will have one boy and one girl gene, and 25 will have two boy genes.
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Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
非正式 可数 不可数This boy can really kick!
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To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
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Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
哇!
Boy, that was close!
Boy, that tastes good!
Boy, I wish I could go to Canada!
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”). Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully.
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