booby
noun /ˈbuːbi/
/ˈbuːbi/
(plural boobies)
- (informal) a stupid person
笨蛋;傻瓜 - Don't be such a booby!
不要那么傻!
- Don't be such a booby!
- [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
Topics Birdsc2鲣鸟(大型热带海鸟)
词源sense 1 and sense 3 early 17th cent.: probably from Spanish bobo (in both senses), from Latin balbus ‘stammering’. sense 2 1930s: alteration of dialect bubby, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German dialect Bübbi ‘teat’.