Tra từ boy - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.boy¹ S1 W1 /bɔɪ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Perhaps from Frisian boi 'boy']
1. a male child, or a male person in general ⇨ girl:
The boys wanted to play football.
boys and girls aged 11–18
a teenage/adolescent boy
A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.
bad/naughty boy
‘You naughty boy!’ she said in a harsh voice.
What a polite little boy (=young male child) you are.
Come on, Timmy, act like a big boy (=an older boy) now.
2. a son:
I love my boys, but I’d like to have a girl, too.
How old is your little boy (=young son)?
3. office/paper/delivery etc boy a young man who does a particular job
4. city/local/country boy informal a man of any age who is typical of people from a particular place, or who feels a strong connection with the place he grew up in:
The classic story of a local boy who’s made good (=who has succeeded).
I’m just a country boy.
5. the boys [plural] informal a group of men who are friends and often go out together:
Friday is his night out with the boys.
He considers himself just one of the boys (=not anyone special, but liked by other men).
6. a way of talking to a male horse or dog:
Good boy!
7. boys [plural] informal
a) a group of men who do the same job:
Oh no! Wait until the press boys get hold of this story.
b) men in the army, navy etc, especially those who are fighting in a war:
our boys on the front lines
8. boys will be boys used to say that you should not be surprised when boys or men behave badly, are noisy etc
9. the boys in blue informal the police
10. old boy/my dear boy British English old-fashioned a friendly way for one man to speak to another man
11. American English not polite an offensive way of talking to a black man
⇨ ↑blue-eyed boy, ⇨ jobs for the boys at ↑job(15), ⇨ MAMA’S BOY, MUMMY’S BOY, ↑old boy, ↑wide boy
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THESAURUS
▪ man an adult male human: a young man | Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest.
▪ guy (also bloke/chap British English) informal a man: She’d arranged to meet a guy in the bar. | Alex is a really nice bloke.
▪ gentleman formal a man – used as a very polite way of talking about a man: an elderly gentleman | Please could you serve this gentleman?
▪ boy a young male person, usually a child or a teenager: a teenage boy
▪ lad old-fashioned informal a boy or young man: When I was a young lad, I wanted to join the army.
▪ youth a teenage boy or young man – used especially in news reports to show disapproval: Gangs of youths roam the streets.
▪ male formal a man – used especially by the police or in science and research contexts. The adjective male is much more common than the noun: We are investigating the death of an unidentified male. | The condition is usually found only in males.
▪ dude American English informal a man - a very informal use: You could tell there was something creepy going on with that dude.
II.boy² BrE AmE interjection American English informal
1. used when you are excited or pleased about something:
Boy, that was a great meal!
2. oh boy! used when you are slightly annoyed or disappointed about something:
Oh boy! Bethany’s sick again.

b\\boyhu

boy
A boy is a young man.

◎	[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
	〆	big boy
		✓	(thông tục) bạn thân, bạn tri kỷ
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) ông chủ, ông trùm
		✓	(quân sự), (từ lóng) pháo, đại bác
	〆	fly boy
		✓	người lái máy bay
	〆	backroom boy
		✓	nhà nghiên cứu ít được công chúng biết đến
	〆	sb's blue-eyed boy
		✓	con cưng của ai (nghĩa bóng)
	〆	the boy in blue
		✓	người đôi lúc xử sự chẳng khác gì trẻ con
	〆	jobs for the boys
		✓	công việc ưu tiên dành cho bạn bè thân hữu
	〆	to sort out the men from the boys
		✓	phân biệt rõ ai hơn ai