newsboy

n. 报童, 送报人

发音

US

词形变化

newsboys 复数 newsboys

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boy, or by extension a man, who sells and/or delivers newspapers.

    A newsboy passed by, yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Carrados's reply was to hold out a coin to a passing newsboy and to hand the purchase to his friend who was already in the car.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of newsboy cap.

    He was wearing a gray newsboy and a tan jacket.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

carrier

上位词 3

boy deliverer delivery boy

相关短语

newsboy cap newsboy caps

词源

From news + boy.

来源：wiktionary