boy
noun/bɔɪ/
/bɔɪ/
Idioms 男孩;男青年 - a little/small/young boy
小男孩;小伙子 - I used to play here as a boy.
我小时候常在这里玩。 - The older boys at school used to tease him.
学校里大一些的男生过去常常取笑他。 - Now she's a teenager, she's starting to be interested in boys.
她现在已经是个十几岁的姑娘了,开始对男孩子感兴趣。 - Be a good boy and get me my coat.
乖孩子,把我的外衣拿来。 - Two teenage boys were standing outside the shop.
两个十几岁的男孩站在店外。 - a twelve-year-old boy
一个十二岁的男孩
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1- Now you're a big boy you can stay up later.
现在你已经是个大男孩了,可以熬夜了。 - Eat up your greens—there's a good boy.
把青菜吃完 - 这才是好孩子。 - They've had a baby boy.
他们已经生了一个小男孩。 - She gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
她生下了一个健康的男婴。 - Oliver is a popular boy's name.
奥利弗是一个很受欢迎的男孩名字。 - We used to play there when I was a little boy.
当我还是个小男孩的时候,我们曾经在那里玩耍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- little
- small
- …
- have
- a little/small/young boy
年少的儿子 - They have two boys and a girl.
他们有两个儿子和一个女儿。 - Her eldest boy is at college.
她的长子在上大学。
Extra Examples- How old is your eldest boy?
你的大儿子几岁了? - I have three boys.
我有 3 个儿子。 - I've got three boys.
我有3个儿子。 - Our youngest boy is just starting school.
我们最小的儿子才刚刚上学。 - Their boy is small for his age.
相对于他的年龄,他们的儿子个头小了点儿。 - Her eldest boy has just started high school.
她的长子刚上中学。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- little
- small
- …
- have
- They have two boys and a girl.
- [countable] (in compounds; offensive when used of an older man) a boy or young man who does a particular job
做某工作的男孩(或小伙子);伙计 - a delivery boy
报童
- a delivery boy
- [countable] a way of talking about somebody who comes from a particular place, etc.
(指称某地等的人) - He's a local boy.
他是本地人。 - a city/country boy
城里/乡下来的人
- He's a local boy.
- the boys[plural] (informal) a group of male friends who often go out together
一帮男伙伴 - a night out with the boys
和弟兄们一同消遣的一夜
- a night out with the boys
- our boys[plural] a way of talking about your country’s soldiers to show that you like and care about them
(对本国士兵的昵称)兵哥哥们,小伙子们 - a message of support for our boys serving overseas
支持我们在海外服役的男孩的信息
- a message of support for our boys serving overseas
- [countable] (North American English, old-fashioned, offensive, taboo, slang) used as an offensive way of addressing a black man
用作称呼黑人的冒犯性方式
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a male servant): of unknown origin.
Idioms
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
- (saying) it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too
只工作不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻
the boys in blue
- (informal) the police
Topics Law and justicec2警方
boys will be boys
- (saying) you should not be surprised when boys or men behave in a noisy or rough way as this is part of typical male behaviour
男孩子总归是男孩子(不必为男孩或男子的吵闹粗野大惊小怪)
jobs for the boys
- (British English, informal, disapproving) people use the expression jobs for the boys when they are criticizing the fact that somebody in power has given work to friends or relatives
为亲信安排的工作(或职位);任人唯亲
man and boy
- from when somebody was young to when they were old or older
从小到大;一辈子 - He's been doing the same job for 50 years—man and boy.
他从小就干着同一份工作,有 50 年了。
- He's been doing the same job for 50 years—man and boy.
separate/sort out the men from the boys
- to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not
表明/证明谁有技能(或更勇敢等)