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boy
n
1 [C] male child; son 男孩; 儿子
The Joneses have two boys and a girl. 琼斯一家有两个男孩儿一个女孩儿.
His eldest boy is at university. 他的长子上大学了.
2 [C] young man; lad; youth 小伙子; 少年; 青年
He lived in Edinburgh as a boy. 他年轻时住在爱?quot;?
A group of boys were playing football in the street. 一帮小伙子当时正在街上踢足球.
How many boys are there in your class at school? 你们班有多少男同学?
3 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) boy or young man who does a specified job 从事某种职业的男童或小伙子: the paper-boy.
4 the boys [pl]
(infml 口) group of men who are friends and go out together 哥儿们
a night out with the boys, eg at a public house 与哥儿们在外泡了一夜（如在酒馆里）
He plays football with the boys on Saturday afternoons. 他星期六下午跟弟兄们踢足球.
He likes to feel that he´s one of the boys. 他乐於把自己当成弟兄们的一分子.
5 [C] (derog offensive 贬, 蔑) (in some countries) male servant or labourer （某些国家的）男仆或男性劳工.
6 (idm 习语) back-room boys => back-room (back2). sb´s blue-eyed boy => blue1. the boys in `blue (Brit infml 口) the police or a group of police officers 警方; 一群警察. ,boys ,will be `boys (saying 谚) young boys, and also sometimes grown men, occasionally behave in a childish way, and this may be excused 孩子总归是孩子（男孩子, 甚至有些成年男子, 偶尔现出孩子气, 可以谅解）. jobs for the boys => job1. man and boy => man. sort out the men from the boys => sort2.
boy interj (infml 口 esp US) (expressing surprise, pleasure, relief or contempt 表示惊奇、愉快、快慰或轻视)
Boy, am I glad to see you! 啊, 见到你真高兴!
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