bossy

英 ['b?s?] 美['b?si]
  • adj. 專橫的;浮雕裝飾的;愛指揮他人的
  • n. 母牛;牛犢
  • n. (Bossy)人名;(法、羅)博西

TEM4擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


副詞:?bossily;名詞:?bossiness;

英文詞源


bossy (adj.)
1540s, "swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses" from boss (n.2). Meaning "domineering, fond of ordering people about" is recorded 1882, from boss (n.1) + -y (2). As a common cow name it represents Latin bos "cow" (see cow (n.)).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.
他不想讓自己顯得太專橫霸道。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. When we're out he gets really bossy and starts ordering me around.
當(dāng)我們?cè)谕饷娴臅r(shí)候,他變得很愛發(fā)號(hào)施令,開始不停地讓我干這干那。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. She remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
她記得自己曾是一個(gè)頗為專橫的小姑娘。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. She turned me off with her bossy manner.
她態(tài)度專橫很討我嫌.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. We resented her bossy manner.
我們不喜歡她專橫的態(tài)度.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》