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boy 音标拼音: [b'ɔɪ] n. 男孩,少年;儿子;侍者,服务员 男孩,少年;儿子;侍者,服务员 boy n 1: a youthful male person; " the baby was a boy"; " she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; " most soldiers are only boys in uniform" [ synonym: { male child}, { boy}] [ ant: { female child}, { girl}, { little girl}] 2: a friendly informal reference to a grown man; " he likes to play golf with the boys" 3: a male human offspring; " their son became a famous judge"; " his boy is taller than he is" [ synonym: { son}, { boy}] [ ant: { daughter}, { girl}] 4: ( ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; " get out of my way, boy" Boy \ Boy\, v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women' s parts on the stage. [ 1913 Webster] I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Boyar
Boy \ Boy\, n. [ Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.] 1. A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. [ 1913 Webster] My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity, or party. [ 1913 Webster] 2. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race; -- considered derogatory by those so called, and now seldom used. [ derog.] He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, and spoke of importing boys from Capetown. -- Frances Macnab. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Boy bishop}, a boy ( usually a chorister) elected bishop, in old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies in which the bishop usually officiated. { The Old Boy}, the Devil. [ Slang] { Yellow boys}, guineas. [ Slang, Eng.] { Boy' s love}, a popular English name of Southernwood ({ Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also { lad' s love}. { Boy' s play}, childish amusements; anything trifling. [ 1913 Webster] 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " boy": American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, bloke, brown man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, burrhead, chauffeur, coachman, colored person, colt, coon, cub, darky, driver, equerry, fellow, fledgling, gamin, gardener, gee, gent, gentleman, gillie, goody, gook, guy, he, hobbledehoy, honky, houseboy, houseman, jigaboo, jungle bunny, lad, laddie, lord- in- waiting, man, manchild, manservant, master, muchacho, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pup, puppy, pygmy, ragamuffin, red man, redskin, schoolboy, slant- eye, small fry, son, sonny, sonny boy, spade, street arab, stripling, tad, the Man, urchin, valet, valet de chambre, whelp, whippersnapper, white, white man, whitey, yellow man, young man, youth |
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