lad S2 W3 / læd / 名词 [可数名词] British English

1 old-fashioned informal a boy or young man → lass :

a young lad

Things were different when I was a lad.

2 the lads spoken a group of male friends that a man works with or spends his free time with :

a night out with the lads

one of the lads (= a member of your group of friends )

3 a bit of a lad spoken a man that people like even though he behaves rather badly :

That Chris is a bit of a lad, isn’t he?

4 lad culture informal the way in which some young men behave, involving typically male activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol, driving fast cars, and watching football – used to show disapproval

5 ( also stable lad ) a boy or man who works with horses 同义词 stable boy

→ Jack the Lad

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.