1 N-COUNT 男孩；男童 A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man. 男孩；男童
SYN lad, kid [informal] , youth, fellow [old-fashioned]
2 N-COUNT 男青年，小伙子（尤用于指青年男女恋爱关系时） You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between boys and girls. 男青年，小伙子（尤用于指青年男女恋爱关系时）
3 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] 儿子 Someone's boy is their son. 儿子 [informal]
SYN son
4 N-COUNT 家伙，伙计（尤用于亲切谈论某人时） You can refer to a man as a boy, especially when you are talking about him in an affectionate way. 家伙，伙计（尤用于亲切谈论某人时） [informal, feelings]
5 N-VOC 家伙，伙计（用于吆喝马或狗时） You can use boy when giving instructions to a horse or dog. 家伙，伙计（用于吆喝马或狗时）
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Down, boy, down!
趴下，小家伙，趴下！
6 See also: backroom boy blue-eyed boy bully-boy head boy messenger boy office boy old boy stable boy Teddy boy
7 PHRASE 警察 The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue . 警察 [old-fashioned]
8 EXCLAM 好家伙(表示激动、羡慕等情感） Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration. 好家伙(表示激动、羡慕等情感） [mainly US, informal, feelings]
9 PHRASE 男人总归是男人（用以表示男人的典型行为不会改变） If you say boys will be boys, for example when a group of men are behaving noisily or aggressively, you are suggesting in a light-hearted way that this is typical male behaviour and will never change. 男人总归是男人（用以表示男人的典型行为不会改变）
10 PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE] 男子汉中的一员 If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine. 男子汉中的一员
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