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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。
呆子；傻瓜
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呆子；傻瓜
booby
He is such a booby for forgetting his keys.
他忘了带钥匙，真是个傻瓜。
愚蠢的人。
A stupid person.
无知或愚蠢的人
an ignorant or foolish person
任何属于鲣鸟科的热带大型海鸟,传统上被认为愚蠢。
Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
小型热带塘鹅,具有鲜艳的喙或脚
small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
He felt like a booby when he realized he had been standing in the wrong queue.
当他意识到自己一直排错了队时，他觉得自己像个傻瓜。
Don't be such a booby; you need to check the map before you start driving.
别这么傻；出发开车前你得先看看地图。
The children laughed at the booby who believed the trick question.
孩子们嘲笑那个相信脑筋急转弯问题的傻瓜。
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。
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。
指因愚蠢行为而出丑，常含自嘲意味。
He made a booby of himself by singing off-key at the karaoke bar.
他在卡拉OK酒吧跑调唱歌，出了丑。
Not this
He is booby.
Use this
He is a booby.
在英语中，可数名词单数前需要不定冠词"a"，而中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。这里"booby"是可数名词，指一个傻瓜，所以必须加"a"。
Not this
They are all booby.
Use this
They are all boobies.
主语是复数"They"，谓语名词也应使用复数形式"boobies"表示多个傻瓜。中文名词没有单复数变化，学习者容易忽略英语复数标记。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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！
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。
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。
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。
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。
陷阱；诱杀装置；恶作剧陷阱
The soldiers carefully checked the road for booby traps before advancing.
士兵们在前进前仔细检查路上有没有诱杀装置。
（为最差者设的）末名奖；戏谑性安慰奖
I came in last and received the booby prize, a silly rubber chicken.
我得了最后一名，领到了末名奖，一只滑稽的橡皮鸡。
（俚语）精神病院
After all that stress, he joked that he was ready for the booby hatch.
经历那么多压力后，他开玩笑说自己都准备好进精神病院了。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
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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。
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”。
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。
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