释义 |
unˈboy, v. [un-2 7 and 6 b.] a. intr. To grow out of boyhood. b. trans. To divest of boyishness; to make a man of.
1611Florio, Sgarzonare, to become from a boy to a man, to vnboy, to vnlackie. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. §179 He began to say..that it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance with business. |