1. 1送報生、報童

    A paperboy is a boy whose job is to take newspapers to people’s houses, usually early in the morning, often on a bicycle, and leave each paper at the door.

    A paperboy送報生 is a boy是男孩 whose job他的工作 is to take newspapers to people's houses是把報紙送到別人家裡 usually通常 early in the morning在一大早 often常常 on a bicycle騎腳踏車 and leave each paper at the door然後把每份報紙放在門口

    For a long time this was a typical first job for teenagers in some English-speaking countries.

    For a long time在很長一段時間裡 in some English-speaking countries在一些英語系國家 this was這曾經是 a typical first job典型的第一份工作 for teenagers給青少年做的

    There are papergirls too, and some people now say paper carrier so as not to assume the child is a boy.

    There are papergirls too也有女生送報 and some people now say而且現在有些人會說 paper carrier送報員(不分性別的說法) so as not to assume這樣才不會預設 the child is a boy送報的孩子是男生

    Though actually many places no longer send a child down the street with papers — adults in vans do it, or people read the news on a phone — so the word can feel a little old-fashioned. Everyone still understands it.

    Though actually不過其實 many places no longer send a child down the street with papers很多地方已經不會讓小孩子沿街送報紙了 adults in vans do it是大人開廂型車送 or people read the news on a phone或者大家用手機看新聞 so所以 the word can feel a little old-fashioned這個字聽起來有點過時 Everyone still understands it但大家還是聽得懂

    Paper here means newspaper, not a blank sheet for writing.

    Paper這個字 here在這裡 means是指 newspaper報紙 not不是 a blank sheet for writing用來寫字的白紙

core核心畫面

組成From paper + boy. Paper here means newspaper.

同家族的字

  • papergirlthe same job, said of a girl
  • newspaperthe paper a paperboy carries is a newspaper

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

paperboynoun

  • 1

    A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

    • Our current paperboy does a nicely consistent job of throwing the paper onto the porch. Our old paperboy sometimes would fling it into the bushes!

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