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| 1 | a male child 男孩 |
| a 10-year-old boy 10岁的男孩 |
| a little/small/young boy I’ d been there for my holidays as a little boy. 我还是个小男孩时去过那里度假。 |
| | 1a | a son 儿子 | | Mr and Mrs Wylie have three boys and a girl. 怀利夫妇有三个儿子和一个女儿。 | | Their little boy’ s so naughty. 他们的小儿子非常淘气。 | |
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| 2 | a young man 男青年；小伙子 |
| I met a boy in his mid-twenties and we started dating. 我遇到了一个二十五六岁的小伙子，然后我们开始约会。 |
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| 3 | a man of any age , especially when you are talking about where he comes from （尤用于谈论其来自哪里时）男人 |
| a local boy 当地人 |
| He’ s a country boy at heart. 他实际上是个乡下人。 |
| The Minnesota farm boy became a national hero. 这位来自明尼苏达州的乡下小子成了国家英雄。 |
| | 3a | an extremely offensive word used for talking to a black man , especially in the past （尤在旧时用于指）黑人 | |
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| 4 | the boys plural informal a group of men who are friends 一群男性朋友 |
| Friday night is his night out with the boys. 星期五晚上是他和朋友们出去的时候。 |
| | 4a | the members of a sports team 运动队队员 | | The boys played really well and deserved to win. 队员们打得确实好，理所当然会赢。 | |
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| 5 | used when speaking to a male dog or horse 小家伙（用于称呼雄性的狗或马） |
| Down boy! 下来，小家伙！ |
| Here boy! 过来，小家伙！ |
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| 6 | a boy or man of any age who has a particular job （从事某一职业的）男孩，男子 |
| an errand/messenger boy 男仆/信使 |
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| - | boy meets girl
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| a typical romantic situation or story about two people falling in love |
| （典型的）男女谈情说爱，男女相爱的故事 |
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| All the plots of this week’ s new films are boy meets girl. 本周所有新影片的情节都是关于男女相爱的故事。 |
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| - | the boys in blue BRITISH informal
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| the police |
| 警察 |
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| - | boys will be boys
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| used for saying that some types of behaviour are typical of boys and men , and that they will never change |
| 男孩子总归是男孩子嘛；男人总归是男人 |
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| - | (my) dearboy BRITISH old-fashioned
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| used for talking to a man or boy you like |
| （我）亲爱的（用于与喜欢的男人或男孩交谈时） |
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| - | one of the boys
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| a man who enjoys being with other men and doing things that men normally do |
| 玩伴之一 |
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| - | our boys
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| your country’ s armed forces, especially when fighting a war |
| （尤指战时）我们的士兵们 |
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| See also | | - big boys | | - old boy network | | - old boy | |
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