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词汇 old-boy
释义 old boy
noun
uk /ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ/ us /ˌoʊld ˈbɔɪ/

old boynoun (OLD MAN)


[ C ]mainly UKinformal
an old man: 老头儿
the old boy next door隔壁的老头
[ as form of address ]mainly UKold-fashioned
a way that some men address male friends that they have known for many years: 老兄,老伙计,老弟
Come on, old boy, drink up.来,老兄,喝光它。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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advanced
advancing
age
aged
ageism
crock
gaffer
geriatrics
gerontological
gerontologist
gerontology
golden oldie
infirmity
old-timer
oldie
pension fund
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rest home
the gray dollar
the grey market

old boynoun (STUDENT)


[ C ]UK
An old boy of a particular school is a man who went to school there as a child: 老同学,老校友
an old-boy reunion老校友聚会
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Students & pupils
-grader
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homeschooler
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houseman
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school-leaver
schoolboy
schoolchild
schoolgirl
schoolmate
theologian

Idiom


the old-boy network

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old boy
In particular, he casts aspersions on the genteel pretensions of the upper middle classes, and the oldboy network's efforts to monopolize professional careers.
Are there any serious plans to break up the oldboy network in the higher levels of the judiciary?
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It's too tied up with the oldboy network.
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I suppose that that oldboy had been drawing his basic fee on my wife's name for 20 years.
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I believe that it is done on what might be called the "oldboy net".
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A much greater danger, about which nothing can be done, is what the oldboy network says about them, perhaps based on entirely erroneous data.
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Sometimes it is on the "oldboy network" that one attracts money to a particular group.
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He is a distinguished oldboy of the school and reflects great credit upon it.
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The present system involves using the "oldboy" network.
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But consensus is wrong when the oldboy atmosphere pervades and when there is no true consensus on an analysis of the facts.
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It is nice to see an oldboy here this afternoon.
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He is an oldboy of that school and recently visited the oldboy society of that school.
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It just cannot be done by the enforced "packing"of boards on an"oldboy" basis by trade union nominees.
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Is it not the case of some "oldboy" network operating here?
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Can it not be pushed round in the "oldboy" net, as it is already to a certain extent?
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