boffin

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈbɒf.ɪn]
• 美式音标 [ˈbɑː.fɪn]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.科学家（尤指从事研究工作的人）
• Boffin.
• 伯菲（姓氏）.

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• I'm no boffin, but I can spot a flaw in these tests.
  我不是一个研究员，但是我能发现这些试验里的纰漏。
• He saw himself as an “enlightened rationalist”, and looked the part, with his oiled hair and boffin’s glasses and strict attention to time.
  他自认“有见识的唯理论者”——油发眼镜，军事研究员派头，恪守时间，看起来却有几分。
• A boffin who collects data on butterflies, say, might want to upload it so that others with the same fascination can add their own information.
  比如，一个拥有蝴蝶数据信息的研究员也愿意和有同样爱好的人共同分享，并且希望别人在不断添加新的数据资料进来。

权威例句

• Iraq's top nuclear boffin is also rumoured to be in coalition custody.
  ECONOMIST: The conflict is over. Now for the casus belli
• Keiser is your typical Bernstein boffin: smart, polite and thorough.
  FORBES: Magazine Article

词组短语

短语

• Danny Boffin 丹尼·博芬
• Griffo Boffin 格利佛波芬
• Coffin Boffin 棺木科学家
• Proffessor Boffin 伯菲教授
• Ruud Boffin 路德·布冯

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a scientist who is considered to know a lot about science and not to be interested in other things

柯林斯英英字典

• a scientist, esp one carrying out military research