English主要词典
lad
Universal Words
noun
1 [C] (old-fashioned or informal) a boy or young man:
Things have changed since I was a lad. * He's a nice lad. * Hurry up, lad.
compareLASS
2 (the lads) [pl.] (BrE, spoken) a group of friends that a man works with or spends free time with:
to go to the pub with the lads
3 [C,usually sing.] (BrE, informal) a lively young man, especially one who is very interested in women:
Tony was a bit of a lad-always had an eye for the women.
seealsoLADDISH
4 [C] (BrE) a person who works in a STABLE
seealsoSTABLEBOY
