| 单词 | boffin |
| 释义 | boffin (once / 6809 pages) n WORD FAMILY boffin: boffins USAGE EXAMPLESArt has long been hardwired to the now and what’s next, but increasingly artists and lab boffins are providing new possibilities for the form. The Guardian(Oct 17, 2016) Was he attacking some sort of distant boffin he imagines slaving in a lab to come up with theories to attack him? The Guardian(Sep 22, 2016) "It is quite amazing that our closest stellar neighbor would harbor a low-mass planet," Boffin said. Washington Post(Aug 24, 2016) n (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research Hyper investigator, research worker, researcher a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
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