Word · Frequency #24962
boobies
呆子；傻瓜
boobies is the plural of booby.
booby
- 1.
A stupid person.
愚蠢的人。
- 2.
an ignorant or foolish person
无知或愚蠢的人
- 3.
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
任何属于鲣鸟科的热带大型海鸟,传统上被认为愚蠢。
- 4.
small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
小型热带塘鹅,具有鲜艳的喙或脚
- 5.
In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
在槌球游戏中,未通过第一个门的球。
愚蠢的人。；无知或愚蠢的人；任何属于鲣鸟科的热带大型海鸟,传统上被认为愚蠢。；小型热带塘鹅,具有鲜艳的喙或脚；在槌球游戏中,未通过第一个门的球。
In use
He felt like a booby when he realized he had been standing in the wrong queue.
Don't be such a booby; you need to check the map before you start driving.
The children laughed at the booby who believed the trick question.
be a booby
用于形容某人愚蠢或无知。
He is such a booby for forgetting his keys.
他忘了带钥匙，真是个傻瓜。
call someone a booby
直接称呼他人为傻瓜，语气较直接。
She called him a booby after he tripped over his own feet.
他绊倒后，她叫他傻瓜。
make a booby of oneself
指因愚蠢行为而出丑，常含自嘲意味。
Connections
Collocations
- you booby
- 你这个傻瓜
- Oh, you booby, you have locked the keys in the car!哦，你这个傻瓜，你把钥匙锁在车里了！
- silly booby
- 傻乎乎的笨蛋
- Don't be a silly booby; the dark won't hurt you.别做傻乎乎的笨蛋，黑暗不会伤害你的。
- blue-footed booby
- 蓝脚鲣鸟
- The blue-footed booby is famous for its bright blue feet.蓝脚鲣鸟以其亮蓝色的脚而闻名。
- brown booby
- 褐鲣鸟
- We spotted a brown booby sitting on the pier.我们看到一只褐鲣鸟停在码头上。
- booby chick
- 鲣鸟雏鸟
- The booby chick waits patiently for its parents to bring fish.鲣鸟雏鸟耐心地等待父母带鱼回来。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 booby 想成“布比”：一只呆头呆脑、叫“布比”的海鸟，正好也是“傻瓜”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、朋友间开玩笑、老式幽默文章 booby 指“傻瓜、呆子”时通常偏口语，带玩笑或轻微贬义，多用于日常非正式交谈或老派幽默文字；正式写作中较少使用。它比 fool 更俏皮、更老派，可译作“呆子”“蠢货”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 booby /ˈbubi/ 押韵的有 ruby /ˈrubi/、newbie /ˈnubi/，末尾都是 /-ubi/。注意拼写相近但发音不同：bobby /ˈbɒbi/、zombie /ˈzɒmbi/ 的元音不是 /u/；bookie /ˈbʊki/ 的 oo 读 /ʊ/，尾音是 /ki/，也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.