English-Thai Dictionary

boffin

N นักวิทยาศาสตร์  nak-wid-tha-ya-sad

 

boffo

N ประสิทธิภาพ สูง 

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

boff

boff |bäf bɑf | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] have sexual intercourse with (someone ). ▶noun an act of sexual intercourse. ORIGIN 1920s (in the sense ‘blow, punch ’): imitative. The current sense dates from the 1950s.

 

boffin

bof fin |ˈbäfin ˈbɑfən | ▶noun informal, chiefly Brit. a person engaged in scientific or technical research: a computer boffin. • a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult: he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer. DERIVATIVES bof fin y adjective ORIGIN World War II: of unknown origin.

 

boffo

bof fo |ˈbäfō ˈbɑfoʊ | informal ▶adjective 1 (of a theatrical production or movie, or a review of one ) very successful or wholeheartedly commendatory: a boffo box-office certainty. 2 (of a laugh ) deep and unrestrained. • boisterously funny. ▶noun ( pl. boffos ) a success: the finale is a genuine boffo. ORIGIN 1940s: from boff ‘roaring success ’ + -o .

 

boffola

bof fo la |bäˈfōlə bɑˈfoʊlə | informal ▶noun a joke or a line in a script meant to get a laugh. ▶adjective (of a laugh ) hearty and unrestrained. ORIGIN 1940s: extension of boff .

 

Oxford Dictionary

boff

boff 1 |bɒf |N. Amer. informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 have sexual intercourse with (someone ). 2 hit (someone ). ▶noun 1 an act of sexual intercourse. 2 a blow or punch. ORIGIN 1920s (in the sense ‘a blow or punch ’): imitative.

 

boff

boff 2 |bɒf | ▶noun short for boffin.

 

boffin

bof ¦fin |ˈbɒfɪn | ▶noun Brit. informal a person engaged in scientific or technical research: the boffins at the Telecommunications Research Establishment. • a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex or arcane: a computer boffin. DERIVATIVES boffiny adjective ORIGIN Second World War: of unknown origin.

 

boffo

boffo |ˈbɒfəʊ |N. Amer. informal ▶adjective 1 (of a theatrical production or film, or a review of one ) very successful or wholeheartedly commendatory: a boffo box office certainty. 2 (of a laugh ) deep and unrestrained. • boisterously funny. ▶noun ( pl. boffos ) a success. ORIGIN 1940s: from US boff ‘roaring success ’ + -o .

 

boffola

boffola |bɒˈfəʊlə |N. Amer. informal ▶noun a joke or a line in a script intended to get a laugh. ▶adjective (of a laugh ) hearty and unrestrained. ORIGIN 1940s: extension of slang boff ‘hearty laugh ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

boffin

boffin noun Brit. informal they wore the white coats of the back-room boffin: expert, specialist, authority, genius, mastermind; scientist, technician, researcher, inventor; informal egghead, brains, Einstein, whizz, wizard; Brit. informal brainbox, clever clogs; N. Amer. informal maven, rocket scientist, brainiac.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

boffin

bof fin /bɑ́fɪn |bɔ́f -/名詞 C ｟英 くだけて ｠科学者 .