boy

英 [bɔɪ] 美 [bɔɪ]

• n. 男孩；儿子；男服务员

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]男孩,少年

   a young male person

2. [C]儿子

   a son, especially a young one

3. [C]在某地出生的男人

   a male person of any age from a particular place

4. [C]男仆

   a male servant of any age

5. [C]对男性讲话时的称呼用语

   used in forming phrases for addressing men

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. （小）儿子
2. 男孩
3. 老兄，家伙（对男子的昵称）
4. 少年， 童子
5. 服务员，勤杂人员； 男仆，男侍
6. 练习生
7. <美口>男子，男人
8. 孩子气的男子，活泼的男子
9. 男性劳工
10. 青年
11. 小伙子

v. 动词

1. <罕>表现得像个男孩

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

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"
   

4. (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man;

   "get out of my way, boy"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That boy is about ten years old.
   那个男孩大约有十岁。
2. The stone just missed the boy.
   那块石头差点儿砸到那个男孩。
3. Don't cry, you are a big boy now.
   别哭，你现在已经是大男孩了。
4. She is partial to her youngest boy.
   她偏爱她的小儿子。
5. That young boy of hers is quite a handful.
   她的小儿子是一个很难管教的孩子。
6. The bell boy will take you to your room.
   这位青年服务员会引您去您的房间。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Boys will be boys.
   男孩就是男孩(爱调皮捣蛋)。
2. The boy is going to act the part of messenger in the play.
   这个男孩将在剧中扮演通讯员。
3. The boy punched holes in the paper so it would fit in his notebook.
   那男孩在纸上打洞以便装在笔记本上。
4. The clever boy absorbed all the knowledge that his teachers could give him.
   那聪明的男孩把他的老师所能教他的知识全部吸收了。
5. The bright boy altered it to a circular form.
   这个聪明的男孩把它改成了圆形。
6. The mischievous boy startled the company by blowing out a paper bag and bursting it.
   那个调皮的男孩啪的一声吹爆了一个纸袋,使伙伴们吓了一跳。
7. The crying boy must be quiet.
   那个正哭的孩子必须静下来。
8. The big boy aimed a blow at me.
   那个大个男孩朝我打来一拳。
9. The little boy alternated playing and studying.
   这个小男孩玩一会儿学一会儿。
10. The sick boy was only picking at his food.
    这个生病的孩子只吃了几口饭。
11. These boys insulted a girl by spitting at her.
    这几个男孩向一个女孩吐口水侮辱她。
12. The boys like the principal because he always plays fair.
    这些男孩都喜欢这位校长,因为他一向办事公正。
13. Older boys put them up to painting the statue red.
    大孩子唆使他们把塑像漆成红色。
14. We accorded the boy due praise.
    我们给了孩子适当的表扬。
15. We must not try to play off the boy troubled with a stammer.
    我们不可以去取笑这个有口吃病的男孩。
16. Jogging appeals as much to girls as to boys.
    女孩同男孩一样喜欢慢跑。
17. I don't know what will become of the boy if he keeps failing his examinations.
    如果这小孩考试老是不及格,我真不知他会有什么结果。
18. The teacher smoothed over the quarrel between the two boys.
    老师平息了两位男孩之间的争吵。
19. He pinched the boy's face playfully.
    他开玩笑地拧了这男孩的脸。
20. The bright lights arrested the boy's attention.
    灿烂的灯光吸引了这个男孩的注意。
21. The English boy's Chinese benefited incalculably through his long association with Chinese children.
    在跟中国孩子长期接触中,那个英国男孩的中文大受裨益。
22. They bound the boy's hands.
    他们捆住了小孩的手。
23. The boy's voice is beginning to break.
    这男孩的嗓音开始在变了。
24. By helpful kindness the teacher broke down the new boy's shyness.
    老师和蔼可亲的态度减轻了这个新来的孩子的羞怯。
25. The boy's rudeness burned up his teacher.
    那个男孩的无理行为使老师大发雷霆。
26. How can we bring the boy's behaviour up to the mark?
    我们怎样才能使这个男孩守规矩呢?
27. The boy's success rejoiced his mother's heart.
    这个男孩的成功使他母亲心里充满喜悦。
28. The boy's poor health inflicted great worry on his parents.
    那男孩身体不好,他父母为之忧虑不安。
29. The boy's piano-playing is progressing.
    那男孩的钢琴弹奏在进步。
30. He went to England to arrange for his boy's education.
    他到英国去安排儿子的上学事宜。
31. I'm sorry, my boy was acting up in your house yesterday.
    很抱歉,我的儿子昨天在你家里捣乱。
32. His boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
    他的儿子好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
33. His boy blew out the paper bag.
    他的儿子将纸袋吹得鼓了起来。
34. His boy banded the dog's neck with a yellow string.
    他的儿子把一条黄绳绑在狗脖子上。
35. His boy brushed the dust of his hat.
    他的儿子刷去了帽子上的灰。
36. He practised the local boys in football.
    他教当地的人练习足球。
37. Can't you reason the local boys out of such stupid behaviour?
    你难道不能说服当地的人别干这种蠢事吗?
38. Perhaps he attracted her because he was so different from the local other boys.
    他对她有吸引力,也许是因为他和当地的其他年轻人都不相同。
39. That is the boy.
    真了不起。
40. The old gardener is a nice old boy.
    老园丁是一个挺好的人。
41. The boys at the office stood leaning against the sofa.
    办公室的男职员们倚着沙发站着。
42. We were having a nice quiet meal outdoors when the boys burst on the scene.
    我们正在户外安安静静地吃一顿美餐,一群男人突然出现在我们面前。
43. The boys raised the devil in town on the night of the April Fool's day and damaged a lot of property.
    一群男人在愚人节的晚上在城里胡闹,损坏了许多财产。
44. The little stable boy altered his behaviour.
    这个小马倌儿改变了态度。
45. The stable boy laboured quietly.
    这个马童静静地干着。
46. The boys overseas were brave enough to laugh off their pain.
    远在海外的士兵们很勇敢,把痛苦不当回事。
47. The boys overseas will have to be rebuked for their bad behaviour.
    远在海外的士兵们必将因坏行为而受到严厉的责备。
48. The boys were packed together in a small room.
    孩子们挤在一间小屋里。
49. The policeman brought in two boys whom he had caught stealing.
    警察把两个当场抓获的小偷带到警察局。
50. The boys on board are not bringing in good wages every week.
    这些船上的练习生每周的工资不高。
51. No one really knew what had happened except the office boy.Everyone pressed him for more details.
    除了这个勤杂工以外,没有人知道到底发生了什么事。大家都要求他讲出更多的详细情况。
52. She has been in love with that worthless boy for so long that it will take a real shock to bring her to her senses.
    长时间来她一直钟情于那个一文不值的家伙,要使她清醒过来真得费一番工夫。
53. She is never seen with a boy.
    她还没有男朋友。
54. Your boy is much too young for you.Why don't you pack him off to his mother?
    你男朋友的年龄比你小得多,你为何不将他送到他母亲那里去?
55. For a year after her boy left her,Grace missed him so badly that she almost pined away to nothing.
    自从她的男朋友离开她以后,一年来,格蕾斯想他想得都瘦成一把骨头了。
56. The boy scientist questioned the Indians about the river's name.
    这名不够成熟的科学家询问印第安人这条河流的名字。
57. The boy scientist couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.
    这位不够老练的科学家无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释那种现象。
58. The foolish boy actor was laughed at wherever he went.
    这愚笨的男儿童演员不论走到哪里都受到讥笑。
59. Bless you, my boy!
    祝福你,我的孩子!
60. Don't play all day long, boy.
    孩子,别一天到晚玩。
61. Rally round the flag, boys, rally round the flag.
    孩子们,聚集到旗子周围,聚集到旗子周围来。
62. Steer for the shore, boys!
    伙计们,向岸边靠!
63. Hang in, boys!
    伙计们,别泄气!

经典引文

• The prestes boye came, whyle the flesh was seething.

  出自：Bible (Coverdale): 1 Samuel

• Newspaper-boys..bawled their wares.

  出自： P. Lovesey

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• adopt a boy 收养一个男孩
• bring up a boy 抚养一个男孩
• love one's boy 喜爱男孩
• praise a boy 表扬一个男孩
• punish a boy 惩罚一个男孩
• raise a boy 抚养一个男孩
• save a boy 拯救一个男孩
• send a boy to school 送儿子上学
• teach a boy 教育一个男孩

形容词+～

• big boy 老弟,〈美俚〉好家伙,大人物
• brave boy 勇敢的男孩
• bright boy 聪明的男孩
• clever boy 聪明伶俐的男孩
• dull boy 呆笨的男孩
• foolish boy 愚笨的男孩
• handsome boy 英俊少年
• honest boy 诚实的男孩
• lazy boy 懒惰的男孩
• little boy 小男孩
• mischievous boy 调皮的男孩
• nice boy 可爱的男孩
• old boy 好朋友,老伙计,老兄,老同学
• quiet boy 好静的男孩
• smart boy 机灵的男孩

名词+～

• ball boy (给网球手拾球的)球童
• bell boy (旅馆中的)服务员,侍者
• college boy 〈美〉男大学生
• messenger boy 通讯员,信差
• newspaper boy 报童
• office boy 办公室勤杂员,练习生
• water boy 为家畜喂水的人,供应饮水的人

～+名词

• boy husband 年轻的丈夫

～+介词

• boy of age 年龄相仿的男孩
• boy of a girl 男孩气的女孩
• boy of ten 十岁的男孩

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. boy的基本意思是“男孩”,多指十七八岁以下的男性,为可数名词。
2. boy作“儿子”解时,可指任何年龄的男子,可用little, old等词修饰。
3. boy作“男仆”解时,可指任何年龄的男子,多为白人对非白人仆役的称呼。
4. boy在俗语中可作“男人”“家伙”解,在正式场合要避免使用。
5. boy作“男朋友”解时,多用在口语中。
6. 与girl并列时一般说boys and girls。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

boy, baby, child, infant, lad

• 这组词都表示未成年的孩子。其区别在于:
• 1.child广义地说指出生至成年前的孩子,一般指从2岁到14岁的孩子; boy泛指自出生至青春期的孩子,可指大、中、小学的学生; baby和infant两个词均表示“新生婴儿”或仍在“襁褓中的幼儿”,但baby是日常用语; lad则指青春期的小伙子。例如:
• This child is six months old.这婴儿六个月。
• The boys felt amused by the clown.孩子们被滑稽演员逗得发笑。
• The operation on the new-born infant was a failure.给那个新生儿做的手术失败了。
• He's just a lad.他还只是个小青年。
• 2.boy和lad一般只用于指“男孩”或“男青年”; 其他三词则通常不分男孩女孩。
• 3.baby具有更多的个人特色,且含有十分亲近和喜爱的感情色彩; 而infant听起来则有点非人格化或医学、法律用语的味道,暗指未到法定年龄。例如:
• He was the infant king at that time.他当时是未成年的国王。
• 4.baby还可以表示两个或两个以上兄弟姐妹中最后出生的一个或一组成员中最年轻的一位。例如:
• The baby of her family is now six years old.她家中最小的孩子今年6岁了。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的boie，意为仆人，男人。

近反义词

【近义词】

• lad

【反义词】

• girl