bossy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɒsi/|/ˈbɒsɪ/    美 /ˈbɔsi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cow or calf. US,dated,informal
    — A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.
形容词 adj.
  1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    — Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test.
  2. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

词形变化

bossier comparative bossiest superlative bossies plural more bossy comparative most bossy superlative

词汇关系

近义词
autocratic bossy coercive controlling despotic dominant domineering forceful harsh heavy-handed iron-fisted iron-handed monocratic obtrusive oppressive overbearing strict
反义词
humble servile sycophantic
相关词
arrogant
并列词
antiliberal BDSM illiberal might makes right procontrol sadomasochism

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English boss
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English bossy
From boss + -y.
词源 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss + -y, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)).
词源 3
Etymology tree
English boss
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English bossy
From boss + -y.
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