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Boy Scout

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌBoy ˈScout / $ ˈ../ noun [countable]  SSOa member of the scouts 童子军 Girl Scout, guide
Examples from the Corpus
Boy ScoutEven a slight anecdote of her as a sixteen-year-old girl guide being seduced in a tent by a boy scout is illustrated.I hold my hands over the cooker like I was a boy scout crouched over a camp-fire.The idea of the boy Scout movement soon spread and was imitated throughout the civilised world.I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant.
ˌBoy ˈScout nounChineseSyllable
a of scouts Corpus the member


Boy Scout
ˌBoy ˈScout / $ ˈ../ noun [countable]
a member of the scoutsGirl Scout, guide


Boy ScoutBrE /ˌbɔɪ ˈskaʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbɔɪ ˈskaʊt/ 🔊 noun (US or old-fashioned) a boy who is a member of the Scouts 童子军