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    booby

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++boo·by /ˈbuːbi/ noun (plural boobies) [countable]  informalSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE a silly or stupid person 傻瓜，蠢材
    Examples from the Corpus
    booby• Any half-blind booby can see it makes no sense.• Thereafter we had to put up with Crewe elegantly stringing passes together while our overpaid boobies struggled.    Origin booby (1900-2000) → BOOB
    boo·by nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus stupid silly a person or


    booby
    boo‧by /ˈbuːbi/ noun (plural boobies) [countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: ⇨ boob
    informal a silly or stupid person


    boobyBrE /ˈbuːbi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbuːbi/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    boobies    )     (informal) a stupid person 笨蛋；傻瓜◆Don't be such a booby! 不要那么傻！🔊🔊 [usually plural] (informal) a word for a woman's breast, used especially by children （女人的）乳房（多见于儿童用语）a large tropical bird with brightly coloured feet that lives near the sea 鲣鸟（大型热带海鸟）