lad

/læd/ (bre, ipa) · /læd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlad/ (ame, mw)

lad — 名詞

  • ladsingular
  • ladsplural

1. a young male who is not yet an adult — a boy or youth, often used in a friendly

1.名詞B1
釋義

少年；男孩

未成年的年輕男性

a young male who is not yet an adult — a boy or youth, often used in a friendly or ordinary way when talking about someone's age or appearance

例句

Jack is a bright young lad who loves fixing bicycles in his spare time.

Jack 是個聰明的少年，閒暇時很喜歡修理腳踏車。

collocation: young lad

A group of lads from the football club gathered at the park for training.

一群足球俱樂部的小夥子在公園集合訓練。

plural: lads for a group of boys or young men

同義詞
  • boy

    neutral, standard term; less informal than 'lad', covers the same age range

  • youth

    slightly more formal, often used in official or written contexts for teenagers or young men

  • guy

    informal but covers adults too; 'lad' specifically implies youth

  • youngster

    emphasises inexperience and young age; can apply to girls as well

反義詞
  • girl

    the direct female counterpart for the same age range

  • old man

    contrasts the youthfulness implied by 'lad'

文法句型

lad (singular / plural lads)

you + lad (direct address)

用法筆記

In British English, 'lad' is the everyday informal word for a boy or teenage male; 'boy' sounds slightly more neutral or formal in comparison. The plural 'lads' can refer to a mixed-age group of male friends as well as young boys, though the separate social-group sense ('the lads' as a fixed phrase for a close male friendship circle) is best taught at higher levels.

常見錯誤

❌The little boy helped his mother — he is a good lad.' (sounds odd describing one's own young child in the third person)
✅The little boy helped his mother
💡he is a good kid.' — 'Lad' is natural for a stranger's child or an older boy, but 'kid' or 'boy' is more typical for your own son in conversation.