核心畫面
Think of someone who acts like the boss when nobody made them the boss — standing over you, handing out orders about what you should do next, and expecting you to follow.
一個沒有人指派他當老闆的人，卻擺出老闆的姿態站在你旁邊，一句一句告訴你「這樣做」「不對，那樣做」。重點不在他說的內容…更多收起
一個沒有人指派他當老闆的人，卻擺出老闆的姿態站在你旁邊，一句一句告訴你「這樣做」「不對，那樣做」。重點不在他說的內容對不對，而在那個「我有權指揮你」的姿態——他其實沒有這個權力，所以聽的人會不舒服。boss 是老闆，加上 -y 就成了「一身老闆味」的形容。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bossyadj詞源 1/ˈbɔsi/
- 1
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
- Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test.
- Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees.
bossynoun詞源 2/ˈbɔsi/
- 1
datedinformalA cow or calf.
- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.
bossyadj詞源 3/ˈbɔsi/
- 1
Ornamented with bosses; studded.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。