boy
noun [ C ] uk/bɔɪ/ us/bɔɪ/
A1 男孩;小伙子;男人，男子
a male child or, more generally, a male of any age
a teenage/adolescent boy 十几岁的男孩
As a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school. 我爸爸小时候常常要走3英里路去上学。
You've been a very naughty boy! 你真是个调皮的男孩！
Their little boy (= their young son) is very sick. 他们的小儿子病得很重。
All right, boys and girls, settle down! 好了，孩子们，安静下来！
the boys B2 [ plural ] 男性朋友们
a group of male friends
He used to like spending Friday nights with the boys. 他以前周五晚上喜欢与哥们儿在一起。
Chris is out with the boys.
I might bring the boys back here after the game if that's all right.
I think I'll join the boys for a drink later.
You wait till I tell the boys that.
He'll probably watch the game with the boys.
Dan usually gets together with the boys on a Thursday evening.
B2 (also our boys)（对本国士兵的昵称）子弟兵，士兵们
an approving way of speaking about your country's soldiers
We must not forget our boys serving far from home. 我们不应该忘记那些远离家乡在外服役的子弟兵们。
There have been lots of calls to bring the boys home.
I'm glad it isn't me sending our boys to war.
I just think we should do more to support our boys.
We have to send a message to our leaders that enough is enough and we need to bring our boys home now.
one of the boys 典型的男人
a typical male
He plays baseball, drinks a lot of beer and generally acts like one of the boys. 他踢足球，喝啤酒，总的说来是典型的男人作为。
Despite being a father and holding down a responsible job, he remains one of the boys.
I think he wants to be seen as one of the boys.
To be honest, I always thought of him as just one of the boys.
I remember Ethan from my schooldays when he was very much one of the boys.
- More examples
- He's an affectionate little boy.
- He was always a good boy, very friendly and eager to please.
- We've got two grandchildren - a three-year-old girl and a bouncing baby boy.
- She's at that age where she's starting to get interested in boys.
- According to witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys.
Idioms
boys will be boysidiom saying 男孩子就是这样;男人总归是男人
said to emphasize that people should not be surprised when boys or men act in a rough or noisy way because this is part of the male character
my (dear) boyidiom UK old-fashioned 老兄
a friendly way of talking to a man
Look here, my boy, this simply won't do. 你瞧，老兄，这根本不行。
the boys in blueidiom informal 警察（昵称）
a humorous name for the police
boy
exclamation mainly US informal uk/bɔɪ/ us/bɔɪ/ (also oh boy)
（表示兴奋或强调）嗬，好家伙！
used to express excitement, worry, disappointment, etc. or to emphasize something
Boy, that was good! 好家伙，那可真棒！