2N-COUNT 领导;头儿;发号施令者 If you are the boss in a group or relationship, you are the person who makes all the decisions. 领导;头儿;发号施令者 [informal]
He thinks he's the boss.
他认为自己是头儿。
3VERB 对…颐指气使;对…指手画脚 If you say that someone bosses you, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating. 对…颐指气使;对…指手画脚 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
We cannot boss them into doing more. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。
'You are not to boss me!' she shouted. [VERB noun]
Boss around, or in British English boss about, means the same as boss .boss around,boss about(英国英语)同boss
He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening.
他开始把别人差来遣去,而我不喜欢他这样。
4PHRASE 为自己打工;自己拿主意 If you are your own boss, you work for yourself or make your own decisions and do not have anyone telling you what to do. 为自己打工;自己拿主意
I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.