old boy
nounIdioms- old boy(British English) a man who used to be a student at a particular school, usually a private one/ˈəʊld bɔɪ//ˈəʊld bɔɪ/
（通常指私立学校的）校友 - They’re having an old boys’ reunion next month.
下个月他们将举行一次老同学聚会。
- They’re having an old boys’ reunion next month.
- old boy(informal, especially British English) an old man/ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ//ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ/
老人；老头 - The old boy next door has died.
隔壁的老头去世了。
see also good old boy, old girl - The old boy next door has died.
Idioms
the old boy network
- (British English, informal, often disapproving) (especially in the past) the situation in many British companies, government departments and branches of the armed forces where people give jobs to former students of the school or university that they went to
校友关系网；老同学间的互相关照 - Recruiting staff used to be done by means of the old boy network.
招聘员工过去是通过老伙计网络来完成的。 - Most of the managers were chosen by the old boy network and many of them turned out to be incompetent.
大多数经理都是由老男孩网络选择的，他们中的许多人都不称职。
- Recruiting staff used to be done by means of the old boy network.