boss

boss1
(informal)(非正式)
noun
  1. a person who is in charge of a worker or organization
    老板，上司，领导，工头
    her boss offered her promotion.
    老板提拔了她。
    union bosses.
    工会领导。
    ■a person in control of a group or situation
    头儿，主儿
    does he see you as a partner, or is he already the boss?.
    他把你看成合伙人，还是他已经是头儿了？。
verb
  1. [with obj.]give (someone) orders in an annoyingly domineering manner
    发号施令
    you're always bossing us about.
    你总是对我们发号施令。
adjective
  1. [attrib.](N. Amer.)excellent; outstanding
    (北美)拔尖的，数一数二的
    she's a real boss chick.
    这女孩是数一数二的人物。
常用词组
be one's own boss
  1. be self-employed
    自己当老板
show someone who's boss
  1. make it clear that it is oneself who is in charge
    让别人明白是自己说了算
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (originally US): from Dutch baas 'master'
boss2
noun
  1. a round knob, stud, or other projecting part, in particular
    瘤，饰扣，凸出物，尤指
  2. a stud on the centre of a shield
    盾牌的饰扣
    ■(Architecture)a piece of ornamental carving covering the point where the ribs in a vault or ceiling cross
    (建筑)浮饰
    ■(Geology)a large mass of igneous rock protruding through other strata
    (地质)岩瘤
    ■the central part of a propeller
    （螺旋桨的）轮毂
语源
  1. Middle English : from Old French boce, of unknown origin
boss3
noun
  1. (US informal)a cow
    (美，非正式)母牛
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: of unknown origin
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