boy
n. 男孩; 兒子; 小夥子,傢伙
interj. 好傢伙(表示激動、羨慕等情感)
A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
I knew him when he was a little boy...
他還是個小男孩的時候我就認識他了。
He was still just a boy.
他還只是個孩子。
You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between boys and girls.
...the age when girls get interested in boys.
姑娘開始對小夥子感興趣的年齡
Someone's boy is their son.
Eric was my cousin Edward's boy...
埃裡克是我表兄愛德華的兒子。
I have two boys.
我有兩個兒子。
You can refer to a man as a boy, especially when you are talking about him in an affectionate way.
...the local boy who made President...
當上總統的本地小夥子
'Come on boys', he shouted to the sailors.
“加把勁兒,夥計們”,他向船員們喊道。
You can use boy when giving instructions to a horse or dog.
Down, boy, down!
趴下,小傢伙,趴下!
The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue .
Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration.
Oh Boy! Just think what I could tell him.
哇,好傢伙!想想看我會告訴他什麼。
If you say boys will be boys, for example when a group of men are behaving noisily or aggressively, you are suggesting in a light-hearted way that this is typical male behaviour and will never change.
If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.
He wants to be accepted as one of the boys.
他想被人看作一個男子漢。
1. a youthful male person;
2. a friendly informal reference to a grown man;
3. a male human offspring;
4. (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man;
boys in blue
(非正式)警察
boys will be boys
孩子總是孩子嘛!(意為男孩子難免要淘氣,不足為怪)
the big boys
大人物(或大機構)
The poor boy smelled the delicious odour of cooked meat.
這可憐的孩子聞到了香噴噴的肉味.
The boy walked briskly along.
那男孩輕快地往前走.
He is a sturdy boy. He hardly ever gets ill.
這孩子皮實,輕易不鬧病.
The boy was stung by a bee.
這個孩子被蜜蜂所螫.
He granted the boy liberty to go out.
他允許那男孩出去.