boy
US: /ˈbɔɪ/
UK: /bˈɔɪ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
boy /bɔi/- danh từ
- con trai, thiếu niên; con trai (con đẻ ra)
- học trò trai, học sinh nam
- người đầy tớ trai
- (thân mật) bạn thân
- my boy: bạn tri kỷ của tôi
- người vẫn giữ được tính hồn nhiên của tuổi thiếu niên
- (the boy) (từ lóng) rượu sâm banh
- the bottle of the boy: một chai sâm banh
- big boy
- (thông tục) bạn thân, bạn tri kỷ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) ông chú, ông trùm
- (quân sự), (từ lóng) pháo, đại bác
- fly boy
- người lái máy bay
Advanced English dictionary
noun, exclamation+ noun
1 [C] a male child or a young male person: a little / small / young boy + I used to play here as a boy. + The older boys at school used to tease him. + Now she's a teenager, she's starting to be interested in boys. + Be a good boy and get me my coat.
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2 [C] a young son: They have two boys and a girl. + Her eldest boy is at college.
3 [C] (in compounds; offensive when used of an older man) a boy or young man who does a particular job: a delivery boy
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4 [C] a way of talking about sb who comes from a particular place, etc: He's a local boy. + a city / country boy
5 (the boys) [pl.] (informal) a group of male friends who often go out together: a night out with the boys
6 (our boys) [pl.] a way of talking with affection about your country's soldiers: a message of support for our boys serving overseas
7 (AmE, !!!) used as an offensive way of addressing a black man
Idioms: the boys in blue (informal) the police
boys will be boys (saying) you should not be surprised when boys or men behave in a noisy or rough way as this is part of typical male behaviour
more at BLUE, JOB n., MAN n.
+ exclamation (informal, especially AmE) used to express feelings of surprise, pleasure, pain, etc: Boy, it sure is hot! + Oh boy! That's great! + Boy, it hurts! + Boy, am I glad to see you! + They eat it for breakfast and boy is it good!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 lad, youth, young man, stripling, youngster, schoolboy, fellow, urchin, brat, Colloq kid, guy, small fry, little shaver:
There were two girls and five boys in my family.
2 servant, house-servant, attendant; lackey, slave, Archaic knave, varlet, rogue, wretch, caitiff:
Here! Boy! Bring me another gin and tonic.
3 old boy. Brit (public) schoolmate; friend, chum, pal, Archaic old bean, old egg, old crumpet, dear boy; crony:
I say, old boy, care for a rubber of bridge? Carruthers wouldn't be where he is now if it weren't for the old-boy network.
Collocation
ADJ.
big
Your boy is quite big for his age. Don't cry?you're a big boy now.
| little, small
A little boy rode by on a tricycle. Their boy is small for his age.
| young
Our youngest boy is just starting school.
| elder, eldest, older
How old is your eldest boy?
| baby | adolescent, teenage | good
Eat up your greens?there's a good boy.
| naughty | bright, clever
VERB + BOY
have
They've had a baby boy. I've got three boys.
Concise dictionary
boysbɔɪnoun
+a youthful male person
+a friendly informal reference to a grown man
+a male human offspring
+(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
