Skip to main content

bosses

/baws, bos/US // bɔs, bɒs //UK // (bɒs) informal //

老板们,老板,老大们,老大爷

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
    • : a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district.
    • : a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My grandfather was the boss in his family.
    • : a powerful nonplayer character, often appearing at the end of a level or at the end of the game, who must be defeated in order for a player to move on to a new level or to win the game: Is there a trick to beating the final boss?Your objective for this boss-level event is to survive several waves of zombie attacks.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be master of or over; manage; direct. control.
    • : to order about, especially in an arrogant manner.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be boss.
    • : to be too domineering and authoritative.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : chief; master.
    • : Slang. first-rate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Silver State casino bosses were told to part company with Cuba or face the consequences.

  • Was it, as some former employees allege, that the bosses bit off more than they could chew?

  • The place where jazz and barbeque and mob bosses and the blues flourished.

  • It would be impossible for me to make a media career because media bosses, top managers—they are scared.

  • The Japanese judges have established that yakuza bosses have “employer liability” for the actions of their subordinates.

  • In the afternoon I went forth and saw some silver bosses put upon my new Bible, which cost me 6s.

  • As you two are bosses, and might feel sort of hurt going along with the crowd, I'm going to let you down soft.

  • The bosses need big cities to prey on and we aren't big enough for them to work in and hide in.

  • For years these three girls had supported the family; the six men had always been the victims of cruel "bosses."

  • This time we can nail Clanahan, and a good few of the political gangsters and bosses in the other towns along the line.