Boss

[bɒs] or [bɔs]

解释:

(noun.) a person responsible for hiring workers; 'the boss hired three more men for the new job'.

(noun.) a person who exercises control and makes decisions; 'he is his own boss now'.

(adj.) exceptionally good; 'a boss hand at carpentry'; 'his brag cornfield' .

整理:谢尔登--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

(n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

(n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

(n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

(n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

(n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.

(n.) A head or reservoir of water.

(v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.

(n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

手打:奥拉夫

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part.[2]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman.

v. a. [1]. Stud, cover with bosses.[2]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Direct, oversee, superintend.

录入:特丽萨

解释:

n. a knob or stud: a raised ornament.—v.t. to ornament with bosses.—adj. Boss′y having bosses.—p.adj. Bossed embossed.

n. the chief or leader: the master manager or foreman: the person who pulls the wires in political intrigues.—adj. chief: excellent.—v.t. to manage or control.—To boss the show to be supreme director of an enterprise.

编辑:洛拉