bossy
bossy 英 [ˈbɒsi] 美 [ˈbɔsi]
adj. 专横的；浮雕装饰的；爱指挥他人的 n. 母牛；牛犊
比较级:bossier 最高级:bossiest
- Someone who's bossy has a tendency to order other people around. Your bossy friend might tell you what clothes you should wear on your date as well as which restaurant you ought to eat at.
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- adj. 专横的；浮雕装饰的；爱指挥他人的
- n. 母牛；牛犊
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1. She was protesting against bossy government telling pupils what they should and should not eat at school.
她对专横的政府告诉公众在学校什么是应该吃的，什么是不应该吃的表示抗议。
- bossy (adj.) 1540s, "swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses" from boss (n.2). Meaning "domineering, fond of ordering people about" is recorded 1882, from boss (n.1) + -y (2). As a common cow name (by 1844) it represents Latin bos "cow" (from PIE root *gwou- "ox, bull, cow"). Related: Bossily; bossiness.
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