plural boys
plural boys
Learner's definition of BOY
1 [count]
a : a male child男孩 -
It's a boy! She gave birth to a baby boy this morning.是个男孩！她今天早上生了个男孩。
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a nine-year-old boy named David名叫戴维的九岁男孩
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Okay, boys and girls, it's time to play a game.好啦，男孩、女孩们，玩游戏的时间到了。
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Ever since I was a (little/young) boy, I've wanted to fly airplanes.从我还是个（小）男孩的时候起，我就想要开飞机。
b : son -
Is this your little boy?这是你的小儿子吗？
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He's our oldest/youngest boy.他是我们的大/小儿子。
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That's my boy! Good job, Son.这才像我儿子！干得漂亮，儿子。
2 [count]
a : a young man男青年；小伙子 -
a group of teenage boys一群十几岁的男孩子
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My parents want me to meet a nice boy and get married.我父母希望我遇上个好青年，然后嫁给他。
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Don't be so hard on him. He's just a boy.别对他这么苛刻，他还只是个年轻人。
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He's a boy genius.他是个年轻的天才。
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a boy wonder [=a young man who has achieved many great things]一位青年才俊
b : a usually young man from a specified kind of place（通常指来自某类地方的）男青年 -
city/country boys = boys from the city/country来自城市/农村的男青年
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a local/hometown boy本地/家乡的男青年
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a poor boy from the north北方来的穷小子
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a farm boy [=a young man who lives and works on a farm]农场小伙子
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a the boys informal : the male friends or work partners of a man viewed as a group一群男性朋友（或工作搭档）；一帮兄弟 -
Wait till the boys back home hear about this!等那帮兄弟回来知道了这事，就等着瞧吧！
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Our boss thinks of himself as just one of the boys.老板把自己看成是我们这帮兄弟中的一员。
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He went out drinking with the boys.他和一帮兄弟出去喝酒了。
b [singular] chiefly British, old-fashioned : a man of any age（任何年龄的）男人，男性 ◊ The phrases my dear boy and old boy are used as friendly ways for one man to address another man.老兄，哥们儿（男性间的友好称呼）
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Why, my dear boy, of course I want to see you.嗨，老兄，我当然想见你了。
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Cheer up, old boy.振作起来，哥们儿。
— see also old boy
boys will be boys
◊ The expression boys will be boys is used to say that it is not surprising or unusual when men or boys behave in energetic, rough, or improper ways.男孩总归是男孩（指他们天性活跃、鲁莽、冒失等）
separate the men from the boys
— see 2separate — boyhood
/ˈboɪˌhʊd/ noun [noncount] —
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 — boyish
/ˈbojɪʃ/ adjective [more boyish; most boyish] -
his boyish good looks他那孩子般的帅气长相
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He has a boyish charm about him.他身上有一种男孩子的魅力。
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a boyish haircut男孩样的发式
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She's always had a boyish figure.她的身材一直像个男孩。
— boyishness
noun [noncount] 2 boy /ˈboɪ/ interjection
2 boy
/ˈboɪ/
interjection
Learner's definition of BOY
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used as a way to express surprise or enthusiasm哇，嘿，噢（用于表示惊讶或兴奋） -
Boy, I sure am hungry!啊，我当然饿了！
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Boy, have I got a story for you!嘿，我有件趣事要告诉你！
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There's a surprise? Oh, boy! What is it?有新鲜事？噢，好家伙！什么事？
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Boy, oh, boy. This is great!!哇，噢，哇。太棒了！
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Boy, that test was really hard.啊，考试真的很难。