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A bozo is a person you think is silly or stupid. It is a rude, joking insult, not a careful word. People throw it at someone who has just done something dumb, or at someone they simply do not respect. It is American, informal, and a little old-fashioned, but you still hear it. It is not a kind nickname. Do not use it about a friend unless you are both laughing, and never use it at work or with someone you do not know well.
笨蛋、傻瓜(美式口語,帶貶義)
組成The word does not split into English pieces. It has been used in American English since the 1910s, and where it came from is not settled. It may come from Spanish bozal. It is older than Bozo the Clown (1946), so the clown did not give us the insult.
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。
Bozonoun
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A member of a West African ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali, famous for their fishing
Bozoname
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The Mande language of these people.
bozonoun/ˈboʊ.zoʊ/
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slangA stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.
- ‘What’s the big bozo up to?’
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。