booby

booby1
(pl. -ies)
  1. a stupid or childish person
    呆子，傻瓜
  2. a large tropical seabird of the gannet family, with brown, black, or white plumage and typically having brightly coloured feet
    鲣鸟（一种热带海鸟）
  3. Genus Sula, family Sulidae: several species, including the common red-footed booby (S. sula)
    鲣鸟属，鲣鸟科：数种，包括常见的红脚鲣鸟（拉丁名S．sula）
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus 'stammering'
booby2
(pl. -ies)
  1. (一般作 boobies)(informal)a woman's breast
    (非正式)（女人的）乳房
语源
  1. 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby (see boob)
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