/bɒs ||; bɑs/noun
[C] (informal 非正式) a person whose job is to give orders to others at work; an employer; a manager 老板;经理;上司:
I'm going to ask the boss for a day off work.我要向老板请一天假。OK. You're the boss (= you make the decisions).算了,到底是你作主嘛。
boss²
/bɒs ||; bɑs/verb
[T] boss sb (about/around) to give orders to sb, especially in an annoying way 差遣(尤指令人感到烦厌):
I wish you'd stop bossing me around.但愿你别再把我差来遣去。
boss1/bɔs; bɒs/n [C] 1 someone who employs people or is in charge of people in an organization 老板﹐上司: She asked her boss for the day off. 她向老板请了一天假。We’ve got a new boss at work. 我们公司换了个新老板。I like being my own boss (=working for myself, not an employer). 我喜欢自己当老板。2 the person who controls a relationship or situation 作主的人﹐控制局势的人: You have to show a dog that you’re the boss. 你得让狗知道一切得听你的。
boss2 also 又作 boss aroundv [T] to tell people to do things, especially when you have no authority to do it 差遣﹐对…发号施令〔尤指无权这样做时〕: Stop bossing me around! 别再对我呼来唤去的!
bossbossbosses1noun (pluralbosses) (informal)a person who controls a place where people work and tells people what they must do: I asked my boss for a holiday.bossbossbossesbossedbossing2verb (bosses, bossing, bossed)boss somebody about, boss somebody aroundto tell somebody what to do, in a way that annoys them: I wish you'd stop bossing me about.