/ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ/
/ˌoʊld ˈbɔɪ/
Old boy, could you give me a hand with this suitcase?
老兄,能帮我拿一下这个手提箱吗?
At the reunion, he chatted with a few old boys from his boarding school and swapped stories about their teachers.
在聚会上,他和几位寄宿学校的老校友聊了起来,还互相分享了当年老师的趣事。
“old boy”字面是“老男孩”。19世纪以来在英式口语中常用作对男性熟人的称呼(类似“老兄”),带有熟络的社交语气;同时在英国的学校文化里,“old boy”也逐渐固定为“某校毕业的男性校友”的称谓,反映了英国传统学校与校友网络(alumni network)的社会关联。