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- boy [bɔɪ]
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1.
n
a male child; lad; youth
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2.
n
a man regarded as immature or inexperienced
- he's just a boy when it comes to dealing with women
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3.
n
See old boy
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4.
n
[informal]
a group of men, esp a group of friends
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5.
n
[usually derogatory]
(esp in former colonial territories) a Black person or native male servant of any age
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6.
n
[Austral]
a jockey or apprentice
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7.
n
short for boyfriend
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8.
interj
an exclamation of surprise, pleasure, contempt, etc
- boy, is he going to be sorry!
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9.
interj
[Etymology]
C13 (in the sense: male servant; C14: young male): of uncertain origin; perhaps from Anglo-French abuié fettered (unattested), from Latin boia fetter
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1.
n
a male child; lad; youth
Examples
- an active boy
- 一个活泼的男孩 → active
- a boy, aged ten years
- 一个十岁的男孩 → aged
- Mrs．Dill's oldest boy
- 迪尔夫人最大的儿子 → boy
- the fair-haired boy of the family
- 家人宠爱的男孩 → fair-haired
- boy is a free form, but -s in boys is not.
- boy是自由形式，而boys中的-s不是自由形式（是粘附形式）。 → free
- a full-grown boy
- 成熟的男孩 → full
- a golden boy
- 有出息的孩子 → golden
- a boy ten years old
- 一个十岁的男孩 → old
- old boy
- 好朋友；老弟 → old
- Bill and the other boy(s)
- 比尔和其他的孩子(们) → other
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