English Dictionary

boy

IPA（発音記号）

/bɔɪ/

名詞

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A young male. / (particularly) A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults. / (diminutive) A son of any age.

日本語の意味

男の子：若い男性、特に子供や十代の男の子を指す。 / 息子：場合によっては任意の年齢の息子を指す（縮小表現として用いられる）

The boy climbed the old oak tree to retrieve his kite.

その男の子は凧を取り戻すために古い樫の木に登った。

意味（1）

A young male.

意味（2）

(particularly) A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.

He is not quite a baby, Alfred, said Ellen, though he is only a big stupid boy. We have made him miserable enough. Let us leave him alone.

意味（3）

(diminutive) A son of any age.

My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee.

意味（4）

(endearing, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.

意味（5）

(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.

Dost thou call me fool, boy?

意味（6）

A younger such worker.

I resolved to continue in the Cave, with my two Servants, my Maid, and a Boy, whom I had brought from France.

意味（7）

(historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

My Boy Stephen Grauener.

意味（8）

(obsolete) A male camp follower.

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.

意味（9）

(now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.

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.

意味（10）

A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.

C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?

意味（11）

(historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

Wounded... 1 Boy, 1st class, severely.

意味（12）

(US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.

意味（13）

(somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).

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 ...

boys （ plural ）