boy 1 S1 W1 / bɔɪ / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a male child, or a male person in general → girl :

The boys wanted to play football.

boys and girls aged 11–18

a teenage/adolescent boy

A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.

bad/naughty boy

‘You naughty boy!’ she said in a harsh voice.

What a polite little boy (= young male child ) you are.

Come on, Timmy, act like a big boy (= an older boy ) now.

2 a son :

I love my boys, but I’d like to have a girl, too.

How old is your little boy (= young son ) ?

3 office/paper/delivery etc boy a young man who does a particular job

4 city/local/country boy informal a man of any age who is typical of people from a particular place, or who feels a strong connection with the place he grew up in :

The classic story of a local boy who’s made good (= who has succeeded ) .

I’m just a country boy.

5 the boys [复数形式] informal a group of men who are friends and often go out together :

Friday is his night out with the boys .

He considers himself just one of the boys (= not anyone special, but liked by other men ) .

6 a way of talking to a male horse or dog :

Good boy!

7 boys [复数形式] informal

a) a group of men who do the same job :

Oh no! Wait until the press boys get hold of this story.

b) men in the army, navy etc, especially those who are fighting in a war :

our boys on the front lines

8 boys will be boys used to say that you should not be surprised when boys or men behave badly, are noisy etc

9 the boys in blue informal the police

10 old boy/my dear boy British English old-fashioned a friendly way for one man to speak to another man

11 American English not polite an offensive way of talking to a black man

→ blue-eyed boy , → jobs for the boys at job ( 15 ) , → mama’s boy , mummy’s boy , old boy , wide boy

THESAURUS

man an adult male human : a young man | Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.

guy ( also bloke/chap British English ) informal a man : She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar. | Alex is a really nice bloke.

gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man : an elderly gentleman | Please could you serve this gentleman?

boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager : a teenage boy

lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man : When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.

youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval : Gangs of youths roam the streets.

male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The 形容词 male is much more common than the 名词 : We are investigating the death of an unidentified male. | The condition is usually found only in males.

dude American English informal a man - a very informal use : You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.