a person who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people 仗勢欺人者;橫行霸道者 the school bully 學校裏的惡霸學生 Leave him alone, you big bully! 離他遠點,你這個大壞蛋! school/playground bullies 學校裏的霸王學生;遊戲場上的霸王
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- class
- playground
- …
- pick on somebody
- beat somebody up
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.