boy

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
/bɔɪ/|/boj/    /bɔɪ/|/boɪ/|/bɔːə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A male child. countable,uncountable
    — Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
  2. A young man. broadly,countable,informal,uncountable
    — Kate is dating a boy named Jim.
  3. A son of any age. broadly,countable,diminutive,especially,uncountable
    — Low as that tide has ebbed with me, / It still reflects to memory’s eye / The hour, my brave, my only boy, / Fell by the side of great Dundee.
  4. A male human younger than the speaker. broadly,countable,diminutive,endearing,uncountable
  5. A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age). broadly,countable,derogatory,informal,mildly
    — boys' club
  6. A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. broadly,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Do’ſt thou call mee foole boy?
  7. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly broadly,countable,uncountable
    — He allowed his ‘boy’ - an overfed young negro from the coast - to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence.
  8. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee; A younger such worker. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — I resolved to continue in the Cave, with my two Servants, my Maid, and a Boy, whom I had brought from France.
  9. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee; A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. broadly,countable,historical,offensive,uncountable
    — My Boy Stephen Grauener.
  10. A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee; A male camp follower. broadly,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — If any water be rough and boysterous, or the chanell verye broade, it manye times drowneth the carriages and the boyes and nowe and then slouthfull and lyther souldiours.
  11. Any non-white male, regardless of age. broadly,countable,offensive,uncountable
    — A Hottentot... expects to be called by his name if addressed by any one who knows it; and by those to whom it is not known he expects to be called Hottentot... or boy.
  12. A male friend. broadly,countable,especially,informal,uncountable
    — hanging with my boys
  13. A male submissive. countable,uncountable
  14. A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. countable,uncountable
    — C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
  15. A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Wounded... 1 Boy, 1st class, severely.
  16. Heroin. US,slang,uncountable
    — […] drove by a corner, saw what I thought—no, what I knew—were dealers and asked if they knew where I could get some boy.
  17. A male (tree, gene, etc). childish,countable,often,uncountable
    — Are there “boy” trees and “girl” trees? Yes. A number of species, among them the yew, holly and date-bearing palm, have their male and female flowers on different trees. The male holly, for instance, must be planted fairly close to the female ...
  18. Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy. colloquial,countable,endearing,uncountable
    — This boy can really kick!
动词 v.
  1. To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage). transitive
    — I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
    — Boy, that was close!

词形变化

boys plural boyz plural,pronunciation-spelling boi alternative boys present,singular,third-person boying participle,present boyed participle,past boyed past

词汇关系

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aceboy all-boys all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy alphabet boy altar boy antiboy area boy attaboy atta boy baby boy backroom boy bad-boy bad boy bag boy bagboy ball boy banjee boy barboy Barnardo's boy barra boy barrow-boy barrow boy Barry boy bat boy batboy batty boy B-boy beachboy bellboy bell boy bendy-boy best boy big boy big-boy pants big boy pants big boys bimboy bioboy birl birthday boy bitchboy black boy blackboy blood boy blue-eyed boy boat boy boi bonfire boy book-boy bootboy boot boy boot-boy boss boy bovver boy box boy boy aquarium boy band boy-bishop boy bishop boy bits boybortion boychild boyclit boycock boy crazy boy-crazy boy-cunt boy cunt boy-cut boydem boydick boydom boydyke boyeen boyey boy friend boyfriend boy-friend boyfu boyfucker boy-girl boy group boy hole boyhood boy howdy boy in blue boy in buttons boy in the boat boyish boyism boyitis boy juice boykin boykind boykisser boyleg boylesque boyless boylet boylike boylove boylover boyloving boyly boy-meets-girl boy meets girl boymode boyness boy next door boy-next-door boyo boy off boy oh boy boyology boy or girl paradox boy parts boy preggers boypreggers boy problems boyproof boy pussy boy racer boyremoval boyremove boys and girls boys and their toys boy scout boy scoutish boy-short boyshorts boy shorts boy-shorts boyslash boys of summer boys will be boys boy talk boytjie boy toy boytoy boy-toy boywife boy wonder boyzilian breaker boy brotherboy broth of a boy bubble boy bubble boy disease bubble boy syndrome buddy boy bug boy bully-boy bully boy bum boy bumboy bunnyboy busboy bus boy bushboy business boy bussy butcher boy cabana boy cabin boy cabin-boy cake boy call boy call-boy callboy camboy candyboy cash boy catboy caveboy CC boy char-boy charity boy Chelsea boy cherry boy chickboy chick boy Chinaboy choir boy choirboy choreboy cisboy cis boy city boy climbing-boy climbing boy collegeboy college boy conyo boy copy boy copyboy corner boy counterboy cover boy cowboy cuntboy daddy's boy damber dayboy day boy delivery boy demiboy dolly-boy donkey-boy doorboy doughboy dough boy drawboy dressing-boy Dutch boy Earthboy e-boy everyboy every good boy deserves favor every good boy deserves favour every good boy deserves food every good boy deserves fudge every good boy deserves fun every good boy does fine exercise boy fagboy fag boy fag-boy fair-haired boy fanboy fangboy farmboy farm boy fboy femboy fireboy fishboy fisherboy fly-boy flyboy footboy frat boy friend boy friendboy fuck-boy fuckboy fuck boy funny boy garden boy gayboy gay boy gay tyke boy gentleboy girl-boy girls and boys glory boy glowboy God boy golden boy golden shower boy good boy good boys deserve fudge always good ol' boy good old boy good ole boy good old boy network gooseboy goshwowboyoboy grandboy grease boy Greenboy Green Mountain boy haut-boy hawk boy head boy henchboy herdboy herdsboy hod boy homeboy Honeyboy hoo boy hoo-boy hopper boy horse boy house-boy house boy houseboy Indian boys and girls It boy jack-boy jack boy Jewboy jobs for the boys jolly boy kanto boy kept boy keyboy kitchen-boy knife-boy ladyboy lady boy lardboy laughing boy lawnboy lazyboy leatherboy lesboy liftboy link boy little boy little boys room loblolly boy lover boy loverboy lowboy magical boy mama's boy mamma's boy man and boy man-boy man boy manboy M and M boys merboy messboy milkboy momma's boy mommy's boy moneyboy monkey boy monster boy mummy's boy muscle boy my boy nancy boy nancyboy nerdboy newsboy newspaperboy niggerboy nigger-boy no-no boy Oakboy office boy oh boy old boy old-boy network old boy network our boy page boy pageboy paperboy party boy Peck's bad boy peg boy Percy boy Perry boy pick-me boy pieboy pinboy pissboy pizza boy playboy ploughboy plowboy po' boy po' boy bread police boy ponyboy pony boy pool boy poor boy poor little rich boy post boy postboy poster boy potboy pot boy prat boy pretty boy principal boy pull-up boy puppyboy pussy boy pussyboy pussy-boy quarterboy ranchboy Ratboy rent boy roaring boy rudeboy rude boy rugby boy saga boy sailor boy salesboy sandboy schoolboy scooterboy sea boy send a boy to do a man's job separate the men from the boys shag-boy shamba boy shanty boy shipboy shoeshine boy shoot the messenger boy shopboy showboy sideboy since Adam was a boy since Adam was an oakum boy since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard since God was a boy slaveboy slave boy slicky boy Small Party of Good Boys snowboy soap boy soft boy softboy sonny boy soulboy soy boy sphincter boy Spudboy stable boy stable-boy stableboy starboy Steelboy stick boy stockboy stock-boy stock boy suck-boy suckboy superboy tallboy t-boy teaboy teddy boy telegraph boy the boys tomboy tom boy tommy boy ton-up boy top boy toy-boy toyboy toy boy traffic boy trainboy transboy trans boy trash boy turnboy unboy valley boy water boy wet boy when Adam was an oakum boy when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard whipping boy Whiteboy white boy white boy wasted who's a good boy who's a pretty boy then wide boy wolf boy wonderboy wrenboy ya boy Yahoo boy yahoo-yahoo boy Yellow Boy young boy your boy
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Cognate with Scots boy (“boy”), West Frisian boai (“boy”), Dutch boi (“boy”), Low German Boi (“boy”), and probably to the Old English proper name Bōia. Also related to West Flemish boe (“brother”), Norwegian dialectal boa (“brother”), Dutch boef (“rogue, knave”), Bavarian Bua (“young boy, lad”), German Bube ("boy; knave; jack"; > English bub), Icelandic bófi (“rogue, crook, bandit, knave”), Lombard bagaj. See also bully.
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