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  • Conjugation : past  bullied ; ing  bullying ; pl  bullies
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bully ['bulɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] 恃强凌弱者
  2. 2. vt. 欺侮
    to bully sb into (doing) sth
    胁迫某人(做)某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bully [ˈbʊlɪ]
  1. 1. n.[c] 恶棍恃强凌弱的人
    At school he's a bully, and I've had lots of discussions with the teachers about his behaviour.
    学校,他是一名恃强欺弱的学生,我曾经多次老师讨论他的行为
  2. 2. n.[c] 打手
    Your hired bullies did a good job on poor Joe last.
    你雇来的恶霸最后可怜的乔吓坏了。
  3. 3. adjective [American English] [Spoken] 很好的,极好的绝妙
    I am getting the bulliest offers for my books and almanacs.
    我的著作年鉴将会获得牛的报价
    He did a bully job.
    他的活干得棒极了。
  4. 4. vt. 欺负,对……专横
    He did very little work himself, but bullied everybody who did.
    他自己无所事事,却总是吓唬那些干活的人。
  5. 5. vt. 吓唬恐吓
    Bullying in school isn't just an activity undertaken by children.
    学校恃强欺弱不仅仅只有孩子们才干事情

Collins English-English Dictionary

bully ['bυlɪ]
  1. 1. interj [Spoken] bully for you well done! bravo!
  2. 2. n a person who hurts, persecutes, or intimidates weaker people
  3. 3. n [Archaic] a hired ruffian
  4. 4. n [obsolete] a procurer; pimp
  5. 5. n [obsolete] a fine fellow or friend
  6. 6. n [obsolete] a sweetheart; darling
  7. 7. vb [when tr, often foll by into] to hurt, intimidate, or persecute (a weaker or smaller person), esp to make him do something
  8. 8. adj dashing; jolly
    my bully boy
  9. 9. adj [Spoken] very good; fine
  10. 10. interj [Etymology] C16 (in the sense: sweetheart, hence fine fellow, hence swaggering coward): probably from Middle Dutch boele lover, from Middle High German buole, perhaps childish variant of bruoder brother
bully ['bυlɪ]
  1. 1. n any of various small freshwater fishes of the genera Gobiomorphus and Philynodon of New Zealand pakoko titarakura toitoi
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C20: short for cockabully

Examples

The bully got beaten up by a bigger bully.
暴徒被一个更厉害的暴徒打败了。
to bully sb into (doing) sth
胁迫某人(做)某事
I decked the bully out with one punch.
我把这个坏蛋一拳打了出去。
He has experienced torment from the school bully.
他受到过学校霸王的骚扰。
He had no choice but to fight back the bully.
除了还手,对付坏蛋你别无选择。
Given a taste of his own medicine, the bully never hurt my son after that.
得到报应后,那流氓再未伤害我儿子。
The bully shoved aside the little boy.
该恃强欺弱者把这个小男孩推到了一边。
A bully has taken away his lunch money.
一个流氓抢走了他的午餐钱。

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