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boy-friend IHr /'boifrend/ noun a man or boy that sb has a romantic or sexual
relation- ship with 男 友
boy-hood /'boihud/ noun [U] (becoming old-fashioned) the
time in a man’s life when he is a boy (男子的）孩
童期，青少年时代：boyhood days/memorfes//Hends
童年时代/回忆；儿时的朋友
boy-ish /'bonj/ adj. {approving) looking or
behaving like a boy，in a way that is attractive (.长相或举止）像男孩
的，顽皮可爱命：boyish charm/enthusiasm男孩般的 魅力/热情◊ her sHm boyish_/ifgure她那男孩子般修长的
体形► boy.ishl.y flt/v.
boyo /'boiau; NAmE 'boiou/ noun {informal) used for addressing a boy or a man in
,Boy 'Scout noun {US or old-fashioned) a boy who is a member of the Scouts 童子晕 boy-sen-berry /'boiznbari; NAmE -beri/ noun [pi. -ies) a large red fruit like a blackberry. The bush it grows on is also called a boysenberry.博伊森莓，博伊森莓树（果
大，暗红黑色）
,boy 'wonder noun {informal, humorous) a boy or young man who is extremely good at sth i 相男孩或牵轻男
子）神童，天才
bozo /'bauzau; NAmE 'bouzou/ noun {pi. -os) {informal, espec/_fl〃y /V>4/r?£) a stupid person 傻瓜；笨蛋
bpi /,bi: pi: 'ai/ abbr. {computing if) bits per inch
(a measure of the amount of data that can fit onto a tape or disk)每英寸位数，每英寸字节数，每英寸位元数（磁
带或磁盘的数据容量标准）
bps /,bi: pi: 'esj abbr. it) Wts per second (a
measure of the speed at
which data is sent or received)
每秒位数，位/秒，每秒位元数（数据收发速度的量度
标准）
Bq abbr. = becquerel
Br. 〇仙r. (in writing)
British (书写形式）英国 bra /bra:/ 1 (also formal brassiere) noun a piece of women’s
underwear worn to cover and support the breasts 胸罩；文胸 2 (also ’auto bra, ’car
bra) a tightly fitting cover that is put over the front end of a car to
protect it, sometimes made of a material that absorbs the waves from police radar
equipment, so that it is more difficult to tell if a driver is going too
fast (汽车 前部的）活动罩，车头罩 braai /brai/ now/?，verfc (S/\/rE)
■ noun 1 (also braai-vleis) a social event at which food is cooked outdoors over an open fire 露天烧烤餐会： We’re having a braai at our pZace next
Saturday.下个星 期A我们家要搞一场露天烤。oa bring-and-braai (=everyone brings their
own meat)自带肉食的露天烧 烤餐会 2 the surface or piece of equipment where
the fire is made烧烤位；烧烤炉
mverb [VN, V] (braais, braai.ing or braaing，braaied) to cook food over an open fire, especially as part of a social event (聚会等时）露天烧烤一compare BARBECUE
braai-vleis /'braifleis/ noun [SAfrP) 1 = braai(I)
2 [u] meat that is cooked over an open fire (露天备烤的）
烤肉
brace /breis/ noun, verb
m noun 1 [C] a device that
holds things firmly together or holds and supports them in position 箍子；夹子；
支架：a necfc Srace (= worn to support the neck after an injury)矫治用的颈箍 2 [C] (/NMm£ braces [pi.]) a metal device that children wear inside the mouth to help their
teeth grow straight (儿童:T 牙箍 3 braces (8/^) {NAmE sus-pend-ers) [pi.] long narrow pieces of cloth, leather, etc. for holding
trousers/pants up. They are fastened to the top of the trousers/pants at the
front and back and passed over the shoulders.吊裤带；■背
带：a pai’r 〇/ braces —副吊裤带一picture o page R20 4 [C, usually pi.] {NAmE) = calliper(2)
5 [C] either of