boy
/bɔɪ/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
US voice -> boy
(n) လူကလေး။ ယောင်္ကျားလေး။
boy1 /bↄÇ/ n
၁။ [C] ယောကျ်ားကလေး။ ကောင်ကလေး။ He lived in Edinburgh as a boy. ❍ A group of boys were playing football in the street. ❍ How many boys are there in your class at school? See also OLD BOY
၂။ [C] သား။ The Joneses have two boys and a girl. ❍ Her eldest boy is at college.
၃။ [C] (esp in compounds) လုလင်။ ကောင်ကလေး။ the paper-boy (ie the boy who delivers the newspapers).
၄။ the boys [pl] (infml ) (အမျိုးသား) အပေါင်းအသင်း၊ ရောင်းရင်း တစ်သိုက်။ a night out with the boys (eg at a pub or bar) ❍ He plays football with the boys on Saturday afternoons. ❍ He likes to feel that he's one of the boys (ie accepted as part of the group).
❏ boyhood n [U,C usu sing ] (ယောကျ်ား) ကလေးဘဝ၊ ငယ်စဉ်ဘဝ။ a happy/unhappy/lonely boyhood ❍ boyhood friends.
❏ boyish adj (usu approv ) (သွယ်သွယ်လျလျ တက်တက် ကြွကြွ) လုလင်ငယ်သွေးတမျှ/ပမာ။ boyish ambitions/hopes/enthusiasm ❍ He/She has boyish good looks.
❏ boy scout n = SCOUT ၂
❏ the boys in blue [IDM ] (Brit infml ) ရဲ။ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့။
❏ boys will be boys [IDM ] (saying ) ကြီးကြီးငယ်ငယ် ယောကျ်ားဟာ ယောကျ်ားတွေစရိုက်အတိုင်း သောင်းကျန်းကြ မှာပါပဲ။
boy2 /bↄÇ/ interj (infml esp US )
(အံ့ဩ၊ ပျော်ရွှင်၊ သက်သာရာရ၊ မနှစ်မြို့ စသည့် စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှုကို ဖော်ပြရာတွင်သုံးသည့် အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်)။ ဟာ။ ဟယ်။
Boy, am I glad to see you!
- A 10-year-old boy
- [a little/small/young boy] : I’d been there for my holidays as a little boy.
- Mr and Mrs Wylie have three boys and a girl.
- Their little boy’s so naughty.
- I met a boy in his mid-twenties and we started dating.
- A local boy
- He’s a country boy at heart.
- The Minnesota farm boy became a national hero.
- Friday night is his night out with the boys.
- The boys played really well and deserved to win.
- Down boy!
- Here boy!
- An errand/messenger boy
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