boss
n
(infml 口) person who controls or gives orders to workers; manager; employer 老板; 经理; 上司; 工头; 领班
ask one´s boss for a pay rise 请求老板增加工资
Who´s (the) boss in this house? ie Is the wife or the husband in control? 谁是一家之主(是妻子还是丈夫当家)? boss, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sb (about/around) (infml derog 口, 贬) give orders to sb in an overbearing way 向某人发号施令
He´s always bossing his wife about. 他总是呼来唤去地指使妻子.
boss n round projecting knob or stud, esp in the centre of a shield or as a decoration on a church ceiling 圆形凸起物; (尤指)盾的中心或教堂天花板上的突起装饰.