Word · Frequency #27554
boob
乳房;奶子
核心释义
非正式,常用复数
a woman's breast
- 1.
女性胸部的两个柔软多肉的分泌乳汁的腺体
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- 2.
无知或愚蠢的人
an ignorant or foolish person
傻瓜;笨蛋;女性胸部的两个柔软多肉的分泌乳汁的腺体;无知或愚蠢的人;笨蛋;蠢材
用法In use
He's such a boob for forgetting his own birthday.
用法提示:boob在此为名词,意为'笨蛋'。
Don't be a boob; you should double-check your work before submitting.
用法提示:boob在此为名词,意为'笨蛋'。
I felt like a real boob when I couldn't answer the simple question.
用法提示:boob在此为名词,意为'笨蛋'。
be such a boob
boob 指“傻瓜”时属口语,语气多为轻松调侃,冒犯程度不重;常与 such a 连用加强语气。
He's such a boob — he believed the whole story.
他真是个傻瓜——整个故事他都信了。
call sb a boob
a boob 在此作宾语补足语,用于当面或背后取笑某人做了蠢事。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- big boobs
- 大胸
- She says she gets back pain from her big boobs.她说她因为胸大而背疼。
- saggy boobs
- 乳房下垂
- After losing weight, she worried about her saggy boobs.减肥后,她担心自己的乳房下垂。
- boob job
- 隆胸手术
- She saved up for a boob job before summer.她为赶在夏天前做隆胸手术而攒钱。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- boob tube
- (美俚)电视机You should turn off the boob tube and read a book.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把boob看成两个b中间夹着oo,b像乳房侧影,oo像乳头,由此记‘乳房’;同词也指傻瓜,注意别混淆。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常口语、朋友间玩笑、非正式场合 boob 作名词时通常是非正式用语,多用于口语或轻松、亲近的场合,不适合正式或礼貌语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以 /uːb/ 结尾的词(tube、cube、lube、rube)与 boob 押韵;英式英语中 tube 和 cube 常在元音前带轻微的 /j/,但押韵关系不变。book 只是拼写相似:读作 /bʊk/,与 look 押韵,不与 boob 押韵。boon 和 boom 虽含 /uː/,但分别以 /n/、/m/ 结尾,也不与 boob 押韵。
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