🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 24962 COCA: 20182

booby

1 of 2

noun (1)

boo·​by ˈbü-bē How to pronounce booby (audio)
plural boobies
1
: an awkward foolish person : dope
2
: any of several tropical seabirds (genus Sula) of the gannet family

booby

2 of 2

noun (2)

boo·​by ˈbü-bē How to pronounce booby (audio) ˈbu̇- How to pronounce booby (audio)
plural boobies
sometimes vulgar
: breast

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

modification of Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus stammering, probably of imitative origin

Noun (2)

alteration of bubby

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of booby was circa 1600

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime