Definition of lad in English:

lad

noun ladlæd

1informal A boy or young man (often as a form of address)
〈非正式〉（常用作称呼）男孩，少年；男青年
come in, lad, and shut the door
进来，年轻人，关上门。
Example sentencesExamples
- There were two different groups of young Germans, three young men in one group and two lads and two girls in another.
- There were a few South Asian school age girls and some lads.
- No amount of internal high-fiving or back-slapping will change that, lads.
- Poor lad, he hadn't a clue what to do next.
- We still see Kenny, he stays at our house sometimes, so we still stay in touch - he's a great little lad.
- I've always kept in good shape and I'm still one of the fittest lads at the club.
- Thomas plays Baz Wainwright, a troubled lad who has serious problems at home that spill over into school.
- I have to say that Nathan isn't generally regarded as a bad lad.
- It's where he woke up every morning as a young lad to the smells and noises from the brewery and the railway line.
- A young lad of fourteen caught up with me and we walked to Bangor.
- Sorry lads but there's no trouble here in Bolton.
- While there might have been football and hurling there was very little for girls and for young lads who were not into physical sports.
- I think the lad has got genuine potential.
- What does the poor lad have to talk about?
- Will this be the season the local lad comes good?
- A worried looking lad with a red face appears at the door dressed only with a towel around his waist.
- Gally's a lovely lad and he's the type of guy who's prepared to do anything you ask of him.
- He was a nice friendly lad and a good worker and had many friends about town.
- Tonight was the parent's meeting at the junior school which my lad will be attending for the first time in September.
- Make up your excuses lads and lasses and make your way out on the double, because I am on my way there.
- Stub that fact out and extinguish that opinion immediately, my lad!
- The baby is just over two weeks old - handsome little lad.
- Years ago, before the house was a hotel, it was owned by the parents of Mickey, a lad Christy was at school with.
Synonyms
boy, schoolboy, youth, youngster, juvenile, stripling, young fellow, junior, whippersnapper
informal kid, nipper, shaver
Scottish informal laddie
derogatory brat, urchin
1. 1.1ladsBritish A group of men sharing recreational, working, or other interests.
  〈主英〉志趣相投的男人群，同好
  she wouldn't let him go out with the lads any more
  她不让他再跟那帮男同好出去了。
  a furious row ensued between the referee and our lads
  其后在裁判和我们一伙男球迷之间发生一场激烈争吵。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The crowd is rapturous, whistling and shouting for more, and by the side door the lads are practically mobbed.
  Some of the lads weren't even out the showers when the chairman came in and told us the administrators would be in the following day.
  But in the first half especially our lads did ever so well.
  Once we'd boarded the team coach the lads began calling their loved ones.
  Together now for close on 38 years, the lads are still as popular as ever and you can bet your life that the venue will be well and truly packed.
  A big thank you to all of the supporters who travelled to support the team, the lads really appreciated it.
  Now we really have got two good players for every position, which makes it difficult for the lads who aren't in the team.
  ‘I thought my lads did very well and I was pleased with their effort,’ said Sinnott.
  ‘The Mersey lads are full of confidence and playing really well,’ added Greenwood.
  ‘The lads did an extremely good job in containing the fire to the ground floor,’ said Mr Atkinson.
  Our lads can be proud of the way they played there today, we have the makings of a really good team.
  But I thought the lads played very well.
  ‘The Leeds lads will have been motivated by having Terry as their new manager,’ adds Pearce.
  Best wishes to the lads with this major step in their music careers.
  As is the way of all great bands, the lads went their separate ways over the years.
  Six of the lads forming the team are under 23 and if we can get two more the team could enter a competition in that age group.
  Fans will be able to judge for themselves when the lads' debut album drops in the early summer of 2005.
  ‘I want to put as much pressure as possible on the lads in the first team,’ said Nelsen.
  As I pass through the various dressing rooms a few minutes later, I can hear the younger Real Madrid lads teasing Beckham in Spanish.
  I'm close to all the lads on the team, have been for six or seven years.
  Last week was a fantastic win but the lads would have been confident anyway.
  The poor English lads look tired and are falling deeper and deeper, inviting trouble.
  We are not a noisy team, but it gives the lads a real buzz to hear the support.
  All the Australian lads are brilliant swimmers because they all live by the sea but, coming from Salford, I'm not really an expert!
  Synonyms
  group, set, crowd, lot, circle, coterie, in-crowd, clan, faction, pack, band, ring, fraternity, brotherhood, society, troop, company, team
2. 1.2British A young man who is boisterously macho.
  Tony was a bit of a lad—always had an eye for the women
  汤姆有点放荡——总是盯着女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Teachers warned it was too early to say that "lad culture" was dead just yet.
  That came out through an interview I did with Zoo magazine, which is kind of a lad's magazine.
  Scarborough's players, we were given to understand, had been planning to bare their backsides in support of a new lads' mag.
  The tour probably served the purpose of allowing lads and ladettes to say they had actually set foot in a real brewery.
  A heavy social drinker is a good bloke, one of the lads.
  In order to fit in with the lads, he finds himself going out on a Friday night club crawl.
  Lad culture has done nothing more than perpetuate petty hatred between the sexes.
  Now I'm one of the lads, happy to share a pint down the pub.
  Furthermore, I am not and have never been a lad.
  Hooter is a bit of a lad with the gals; at least that's what Hooter thinks.
  They know he is a bit of a lad, but they like a president who gets things done.
  Sutton's reputation as a bit of a lad who likes the rough and tumble ignores a few home truths.
  It isn't paramilitaries but guys acting the lad till someone hits them a smack in the gob and that's all it is.
  Reggie is a bit of a lad.
  Synonyms
  man, young man
  informal guy, fellow, geezer, customer, gent
  British informal chap, bloke
  North American informal dude, hombre
  Australian/New Zealand informal digger
  South African informal oke, ou
  Indian informal admi
  British informal, dated cove
  Scottish archaic carl
2British A stable worker (regardless of age or sex)
〈英〉马厩工人
it's great for the lads that the horse has won the National
Example sentencesExamples
- One lad to three horses was the norm when I started back in the 60s, and it has cost us to carry so many bodies, but it is the way I want to work.
- My first memory was when I was 15 and went down with Bobby Oxley, the main travelling lad for Arthur Stephenson.
- Bob McGonagle, the lad, appeared to be fighting him as soon as he left the saddling area for the parade ring.
- But I think I would want to come home to the yard, lads and horses - I just hope that dilemma may one day be reality!
- On hanging up his silks he became head lad to Mick Burke before serving his apprenticeship with Charlie Weld.
- The lad then gave me directions to go and visit Rummy at his own stables whenever I wanted and happily I did so on two more occasions before his death.
- I suppose the current consensus is AP McCoy, and he's a terrific lad, but he hasn't won the National.
- Whilst the lad may be a decent rider, he is a very poor jockey.
- As travelling head lad to the late Gordon Richards, he had just watched Hallo Dandy win the 1984 Grand National.
- The two horses were really well up to the race and the two lads gave them beautiful rides.
- Kandidate's effort was all the more meritorious for the fact that he dropped his lad and ran loose for a mile on the gallops yesterday morning.

Phrases

one of the lads

informal A man who is an accepted or integral member of a male social group.
he's one of the lads—a top bloke
I tried to fit in by being one of the lads
Example sentencesExamples
- It always seemed that I was one of the lads and that I was okay, but inside I didn't feel that I was matching up to them.
- People say in front of the camera he's boring or whatever, but away from the camera, he's a great laugh and one of the lads really.
- I am just one of the lads now, and am treated no differently.
- It is done in such an unassuming way that we see Stephen as just one of the lads out for the nigh.
- You would not have thought he was a superstar; he was always one of the lads.
- He'd been working with us for about four years and was just one of the lads.
- He was a strong character and one of the lads.
- She tries to act as one of the lads, but is not respected at all by them.
- It's early days for me yet, but he is different from other managers in that he tries to be one of the lads.
- "He was one of the lads from the start," says Ritchie.
- You have to be seen to be one of the lads and highly popular for the position.
- His reputation as one of the lads will not preclude him from making enemies with his wild-card selections.
- I tried to fit in by being one of the lads.
- He let the other one get under his skin and destroy what made him one of the lads to begin with.
- It's a slow process, but after half an hour, I am accepted as one of the lads.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

Like boy, the word lad appeared from nowhere in the early Middle Ages. By the mid 16th century it was being used for ‘a boisterously spirited young man’, and laddism was first mentioned in the 1840s. It was in the early 1990s, though, that laddism and new lads became a social phenomenon, driven by the rise of the rock group Oasis and the launch of the lad's mag Loaded in 1994. A young woman who is a bit of a lad has been a ladette since around 1995.

Rhymes

ad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad

Definition of lad in US English:

lad

nounlædlad

1informal A boy or young man (often as a form of address)
〈非正式〉（常用作称呼）男孩，少年；男青年
come in, lad, and shut the door
进来，年轻人，关上门。
I read that book when I was a lad
我少年时读过那本书。
Example sentencesExamples
- Stub that fact out and extinguish that opinion immediately, my lad!
- I have to say that Nathan isn't generally regarded as a bad lad.
- He was a nice friendly lad and a good worker and had many friends about town.
- It's where he woke up every morning as a young lad to the smells and noises from the brewery and the railway line.
- I've always kept in good shape and I'm still one of the fittest lads at the club.
- I think the lad has got genuine potential.
- Years ago, before the house was a hotel, it was owned by the parents of Mickey, a lad Christy was at school with.
- A worried looking lad with a red face appears at the door dressed only with a towel around his waist.
- We still see Kenny, he stays at our house sometimes, so we still stay in touch - he's a great little lad.
- There were a few South Asian school age girls and some lads.
- Make up your excuses lads and lasses and make your way out on the double, because I am on my way there.
- Sorry lads but there's no trouble here in Bolton.
- What does the poor lad have to talk about?
- A young lad of fourteen caught up with me and we walked to Bangor.
- Poor lad, he hadn't a clue what to do next.
- There were two different groups of young Germans, three young men in one group and two lads and two girls in another.
- Gally's a lovely lad and he's the type of guy who's prepared to do anything you ask of him.
- No amount of internal high-fiving or back-slapping will change that, lads.
- The baby is just over two weeks old - handsome little lad.
- While there might have been football and hurling there was very little for girls and for young lads who were not into physical sports.
- Will this be the season the local lad comes good?
- Thomas plays Baz Wainwright, a troubled lad who has serious problems at home that spill over into school.
- Tonight was the parent's meeting at the junior school which my lad will be attending for the first time in September.
Synonyms
boy, schoolboy, youth, youngster, juvenile, stripling, young fellow, junior, whippersnapper
1. 1.1ladsBritish A group of men sharing recreational, working, or other interests.
  〈主英〉志趣相投的男人群，同好
  she wouldn't let him go out with the lads anymore
  她不让他再跟那帮男同好出去了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm close to all the lads on the team, have been for six or seven years.
  Six of the lads forming the team are under 23 and if we can get two more the team could enter a competition in that age group.
  But in the first half especially our lads did ever so well.
  ‘I want to put as much pressure as possible on the lads in the first team,’ said Nelsen.
  Now we really have got two good players for every position, which makes it difficult for the lads who aren't in the team.
  As is the way of all great bands, the lads went their separate ways over the years.
  Fans will be able to judge for themselves when the lads' debut album drops in the early summer of 2005.
  Last week was a fantastic win but the lads would have been confident anyway.
  The poor English lads look tired and are falling deeper and deeper, inviting trouble.
  ‘The Leeds lads will have been motivated by having Terry as their new manager,’ adds Pearce.
  As I pass through the various dressing rooms a few minutes later, I can hear the younger Real Madrid lads teasing Beckham in Spanish.
  The crowd is rapturous, whistling and shouting for more, and by the side door the lads are practically mobbed.
  But I thought the lads played very well.
  Some of the lads weren't even out the showers when the chairman came in and told us the administrators would be in the following day.
  Best wishes to the lads with this major step in their music careers.
  Once we'd boarded the team coach the lads began calling their loved ones.
  ‘The lads did an extremely good job in containing the fire to the ground floor,’ said Mr Atkinson.
  ‘The Mersey lads are full of confidence and playing really well,’ added Greenwood.
  Our lads can be proud of the way they played there today, we have the makings of a really good team.
  All the Australian lads are brilliant swimmers because they all live by the sea but, coming from Salford, I'm not really an expert!
  A big thank you to all of the supporters who travelled to support the team, the lads really appreciated it.
  Together now for close on 38 years, the lads are still as popular as ever and you can bet your life that the venue will be well and truly packed.
  We are not a noisy team, but it gives the lads a real buzz to hear the support.
  ‘I thought my lads did very well and I was pleased with their effort,’ said Sinnott.
  Synonyms
  group, set, crowd, lot, circle, coterie, in-crowd, clan, faction, pack, band, ring, fraternity, brotherhood, society, troop, company, team
2. 1.2British A young man who is boisterously macho.
  Tony was a bit of a lad—always had an eye for the women
  汤姆有点放荡——总是盯着女人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tour probably served the purpose of allowing lads and ladettes to say they had actually set foot in a real brewery.
  Reggie is a bit of a lad.
  Scarborough's players, we were given to understand, had been planning to bare their backsides in support of a new lads' mag.
  Teachers warned it was too early to say that "lad culture" was dead just yet.
  Sutton's reputation as a bit of a lad who likes the rough and tumble ignores a few home truths.
  It isn't paramilitaries but guys acting the lad till someone hits them a smack in the gob and that's all it is.
  Furthermore, I am not and have never been a lad.
  In order to fit in with the lads, he finds himself going out on a Friday night club crawl.
  Hooter is a bit of a lad with the gals; at least that's what Hooter thinks.
  Lad culture has done nothing more than perpetuate petty hatred between the sexes.
  Now I'm one of the lads, happy to share a pint down the pub.
  A heavy social drinker is a good bloke, one of the lads.
  They know he is a bit of a lad, but they like a president who gets things done.
  That came out through an interview I did with Zoo magazine, which is kind of a lad's magazine.
  Synonyms
  man, young man
2British A stable worker (regardless of age or sex).
〈英〉马厩工人
Example sentencesExamples
- Kandidate's effort was all the more meritorious for the fact that he dropped his lad and ran loose for a mile on the gallops yesterday morning.
- Whilst the lad may be a decent rider, he is a very poor jockey.
- I suppose the current consensus is AP McCoy, and he's a terrific lad, but he hasn't won the National.
- My first memory was when I was 15 and went down with Bobby Oxley, the main travelling lad for Arthur Stephenson.
- The lad then gave me directions to go and visit Rummy at his own stables whenever I wanted and happily I did so on two more occasions before his death.
- Bob McGonagle, the lad, appeared to be fighting him as soon as he left the saddling area for the parade ring.
- One lad to three horses was the norm when I started back in the 60s, and it has cost us to carry so many bodies, but it is the way I want to work.
- The two horses were really well up to the race and the two lads gave them beautiful rides.
- As travelling head lad to the late Gordon Richards, he had just watched Hallo Dandy win the 1984 Grand National.
- But I think I would want to come home to the yard, lads and horses - I just hope that dilemma may one day be reality!
- On hanging up his silks he became head lad to Mick Burke before serving his apprenticeship with Charlie Weld.

Phrases

one of the lads

informal A man who is an accepted or integral member of a male social group.
he's one of the lads—a top bloke
I tried to fit in by being one of the lads
Example sentencesExamples
- His reputation as one of the lads will not preclude him from making enemies with his wild-card selections.
- He let the other one get under his skin and destroy what made him one of the lads to begin with.
- He'd been working with us for about four years and was just one of the lads.
- It is done in such an unassuming way that we see Stephen as just one of the lads out for the nigh.
- You have to be seen to be one of the lads and highly popular for the position.
- People say in front of the camera he's boring or whatever, but away from the camera, he's a great laugh and one of the lads really.
- She tries to act as one of the lads, but is not respected at all by them.
- I am just one of the lads now, and am treated no differently.
- It's early days for me yet, but he is different from other managers in that he tries to be one of the lads.
- "He was one of the lads from the start," says Ritchie.
- He was a strong character and one of the lads.
- It's a slow process, but after half an hour, I am accepted as one of the lads.
- I tried to fit in by being one of the lads.
- You would not have thought he was a superstar; he was always one of the lads.
- It always seemed that I was one of the lads and that I was okay, but inside I didn't feel that I was matching up to them.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

词汇	lad
释义	Definition of lad in English: lad noun ladlæd 1informal A boy or young man (often as a form of address) 〈非正式〉（常用作称呼）男孩，少年；男青年 come in, lad, and shut the door 进来，年轻人，关上门。 Example sentencesExamples There were two different groups of young Germans, three young men in one group and two lads and two girls in another. There were a few South Asian school age girls and some lads. No amount of internal high-fiving or back-slapping will change that, lads. Poor lad, he hadn't a clue what to do next. We still see Kenny, he stays at our house sometimes, so we still stay in touch - he's a great little lad. I've always kept in good shape and I'm still one of the fittest lads at the club. Thomas plays Baz Wainwright, a troubled lad who has serious problems at home that spill over into school. I have to say that Nathan isn't generally regarded as a bad lad. It's where he woke up every morning as a young lad to the smells and noises from the brewery and the railway line. A young lad of fourteen caught up with me and we walked to Bangor. Sorry lads but there's no trouble here in Bolton. While there might have been football and hurling there was very little for girls and for young lads who were not into physical sports. I think the lad has got genuine potential. What does the poor lad have to talk about? Will this be the season the local lad comes good? A worried looking lad with a red face appears at the door dressed only with a towel around his waist. Gally's a lovely lad and he's the type of guy who's prepared to do anything you ask of him. He was a nice friendly lad and a good worker and had many friends about town. Tonight was the parent's meeting at the junior school which my lad will be attending for the first time in September. Make up your excuses lads and lasses and make your way out on the double, because I am on my way there. Stub that fact out and extinguish that opinion immediately, my lad! The baby is just over two weeks old - handsome little lad. Years ago, before the house was a hotel, it was owned by the parents of Mickey, a lad Christy was at school with. Synonyms boy, schoolboy, youth, youngster, juvenile, stripling, young fellow, junior, whippersnapper informal kid, nipper, shaver Scottish informal laddie derogatory brat, urchin 1.1ladsBritish A group of men sharing recreational, working, or other interests. 〈主英〉志趣相投的男人群，同好 she wouldn't let him go out with the lads any more 她不让他再跟那帮男同好出去了。 a furious row ensued between the referee and our lads 其后在裁判和我们一伙男球迷之间发生一场激烈争吵。 Example sentencesExamples The crowd is rapturous, whistling and shouting for more, and by the side door the lads are practically mobbed. Some of the lads weren't even out the showers when the chairman came in and told us the administrators would be in the following day. But in the first half especially our lads did ever so well. Once we'd boarded the team coach the lads began calling their loved ones. Together now for close on 38 years, the lads are still as popular as ever and you can bet your life that the venue will be well and truly packed. A big thank you to all of the supporters who travelled to support the team, the lads really appreciated it. Now we really have got two good players for every position, which makes it difficult for the lads who aren't in the team. ‘I thought my lads did very well and I was pleased with their effort,’ said Sinnott. ‘The Mersey lads are full of confidence and playing really well,’ added Greenwood. ‘The lads did an extremely good job in containing the fire to the ground floor,’ said Mr Atkinson. Our lads can be proud of the way they played there today, we have the makings of a really good team. But I thought the lads played very well. ‘The Leeds lads will have been motivated by having Terry as their new manager,’ adds Pearce. Best wishes to the lads with this major step in their music careers. As is the way of all great bands, the lads went their separate ways over the years. Six of the lads forming the team are under 23 and if we can get two more the team could enter a competition in that age group. Fans will be able to judge for themselves when the lads' debut album drops in the early summer of 2005. ‘I want to put as much pressure as possible on the lads in the first team,’ said Nelsen. As I pass through the various dressing rooms a few minutes later, I can hear the younger Real Madrid lads teasing Beckham in Spanish. I'm close to all the lads on the team, have been for six or seven years. Last week was a fantastic win but the lads would have been confident anyway. The poor English lads look tired and are falling deeper and deeper, inviting trouble. We are not a noisy team, but it gives the lads a real buzz to hear the support. All the Australian lads are brilliant swimmers because they all live by the sea but, coming from Salford, I'm not really an expert! Synonyms group, set, crowd, lot, circle, coterie, in-crowd, clan, faction, pack, band, ring, fraternity, brotherhood, society, troop, company, team 1.2British A young man who is boisterously macho. Tony was a bit of a lad—always had an eye for the women 汤姆有点放荡——总是盯着女人。 Example sentencesExamples Teachers warned it was too early to say that "lad culture" was dead just yet. That came out through an interview I did with Zoo magazine, which is kind of a lad's magazine. Scarborough's players, we were given to understand, had been planning to bare their backsides in support of a new lads' mag. The tour probably served the purpose of allowing lads and ladettes to say they had actually set foot in a real brewery. A heavy social drinker is a good bloke, one of the lads. In order to fit in with the lads, he finds himself going out on a Friday night club crawl. Lad culture has done nothing more than perpetuate petty hatred between the sexes. Now I'm one of the lads, happy to share a pint down the pub. Furthermore, I am not and have never been a lad. Hooter is a bit of a lad with the gals; at least that's what Hooter thinks. They know he is a bit of a lad, but they like a president who gets things done. Sutton's reputation as a bit of a lad who likes the rough and tumble ignores a few home truths. It isn't paramilitaries but guys acting the lad till someone hits them a smack in the gob and that's all it is. Reggie is a bit of a lad. Synonyms man, young man informal guy, fellow, geezer, customer, gent British informal chap, bloke North American informal dude, hombre Australian/New Zealand informal digger South African informal oke, ou Indian informal admi British informal, dated cove Scottish archaic carl 2British A stable worker (regardless of age or sex) 〈英〉马厩工人 it's great for the lads that the horse has won the National Example sentencesExamples One lad to three horses was the norm when I started back in the 60s, and it has cost us to carry so many bodies, but it is the way I want to work. My first memory was when I was 15 and went down with Bobby Oxley, the main travelling lad for Arthur Stephenson. Bob McGonagle, the lad, appeared to be fighting him as soon as he left the saddling area for the parade ring. But I think I would want to come home to the yard, lads and horses - I just hope that dilemma may one day be reality! On hanging up his silks he became head lad to Mick Burke before serving his apprenticeship with Charlie Weld. The lad then gave me directions to go and visit Rummy at his own stables whenever I wanted and happily I did so on two more occasions before his death. I suppose the current consensus is AP McCoy, and he's a terrific lad, but he hasn't won the National. Whilst the lad may be a decent rider, he is a very poor jockey. As travelling head lad to the late Gordon Richards, he had just watched Hallo Dandy win the 1984 Grand National. The two horses were really well up to the race and the two lads gave them beautiful rides. Kandidate's effort was all the more meritorious for the fact that he dropped his lad and ran loose for a mile on the gallops yesterday morning. Phrases one of the lads informal A man who is an accepted or integral member of a male social group. he's one of the lads—a top bloke I tried to fit in by being one of the lads Example sentencesExamples It always seemed that I was one of the lads and that I was okay, but inside I didn't feel that I was matching up to them. People say in front of the camera he's boring or whatever, but away from the camera, he's a great laugh and one of the lads really. I am just one of the lads now, and am treated no differently. It is done in such an unassuming way that we see Stephen as just one of the lads out for the nigh. You would not have thought he was a superstar; he was always one of the lads. He'd been working with us for about four years and was just one of the lads. He was a strong character and one of the lads. She tries to act as one of the lads, but is not respected at all by them. It's early days for me yet, but he is different from other managers in that he tries to be one of the lads. "He was one of the lads from the start," says Ritchie. You have to be seen to be one of the lads and highly popular for the position. His reputation as one of the lads will not preclude him from making enemies with his wild-card selections. I tried to fit in by being one of the lads. He let the other one get under his skin and destroy what made him one of the lads to begin with. It's a slow process, but after half an hour, I am accepted as one of the lads. Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. Like boy, the word lad appeared from nowhere in the early Middle Ages. By the mid 16th century it was being used for ‘a boisterously spirited young man’, and laddism was first mentioned in the 1840s. It was in the early 1990s, though, that laddism and new lads became a social phenomenon, driven by the rise of the rock group Oasis and the launch of the lad's mag Loaded in 1994. A young woman who is a bit of a lad has been a ladette since around 1995. Rhymes ad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad noun.1 phr. Definition of lad in US English: lad nounlædlad 1informal A boy or young man (often as a form of address) 〈非正式〉（常用作称呼）男孩，少年；男青年 come in, lad, and shut the door 进来，年轻人，关上门。 I read that book when I was a lad 我少年时读过那本书。 Example sentencesExamples Stub that fact out and extinguish that opinion immediately, my lad! I have to say that Nathan isn't generally regarded as a bad lad. He was a nice friendly lad and a good worker and had many friends about town. It's where he woke up every morning as a young lad to the smells and noises from the brewery and the railway line. I've always kept in good shape and I'm still one of the fittest lads at the club. I think the lad has got genuine potential. Years ago, before the house was a hotel, it was owned by the parents of Mickey, a lad Christy was at school with. A worried looking lad with a red face appears at the door dressed only with a towel around his waist. We still see Kenny, he stays at our house sometimes, so we still stay in touch - he's a great little lad. There were a few South Asian school age girls and some lads. Make up your excuses lads and lasses and make your way out on the double, because I am on my way there. Sorry lads but there's no trouble here in Bolton. What does the poor lad have to talk about? A young lad of fourteen caught up with me and we walked to Bangor. Poor lad, he hadn't a clue what to do next. There were two different groups of young Germans, three young men in one group and two lads and two girls in another. Gally's a lovely lad and he's the type of guy who's prepared to do anything you ask of him. No amount of internal high-fiving or back-slapping will change that, lads. The baby is just over two weeks old - handsome little lad. While there might have been football and hurling there was very little for girls and for young lads who were not into physical sports. Will this be the season the local lad comes good? Thomas plays Baz Wainwright, a troubled lad who has serious problems at home that spill over into school. Tonight was the parent's meeting at the junior school which my lad will be attending for the first time in September. Synonyms boy, schoolboy, youth, youngster, juvenile, stripling, young fellow, junior, whippersnapper 1.1ladsBritish A group of men sharing recreational, working, or other interests. 〈主英〉志趣相投的男人群，同好 she wouldn't let him go out with the lads anymore 她不让他再跟那帮男同好出去了。 Example sentencesExamples I'm close to all the lads on the team, have been for six or seven years. Six of the lads forming the team are under 23 and if we can get two more the team could enter a competition in that age group. But in the first half especially our lads did ever so well. ‘I want to put as much pressure as possible on the lads in the first team,’ said Nelsen. Now we really have got two good players for every position, which makes it difficult for the lads who aren't in the team. As is the way of all great bands, the lads went their separate ways over the years. Fans will be able to judge for themselves when the lads' debut album drops in the early summer of 2005. Last week was a fantastic win but the lads would have been confident anyway. The poor English lads look tired and are falling deeper and deeper, inviting trouble. ‘The Leeds lads will have been motivated by having Terry as their new manager,’ adds Pearce. As I pass through the various dressing rooms a few minutes later, I can hear the younger Real Madrid lads teasing Beckham in Spanish. The crowd is rapturous, whistling and shouting for more, and by the side door the lads are practically mobbed. But I thought the lads played very well. Some of the lads weren't even out the showers when the chairman came in and told us the administrators would be in the following day. Best wishes to the lads with this major step in their music careers. Once we'd boarded the team coach the lads began calling their loved ones. ‘The lads did an extremely good job in containing the fire to the ground floor,’ said Mr Atkinson. ‘The Mersey lads are full of confidence and playing really well,’ added Greenwood. Our lads can be proud of the way they played there today, we have the makings of a really good team. All the Australian lads are brilliant swimmers because they all live by the sea but, coming from Salford, I'm not really an expert! A big thank you to all of the supporters who travelled to support the team, the lads really appreciated it. Together now for close on 38 years, the lads are still as popular as ever and you can bet your life that the venue will be well and truly packed. We are not a noisy team, but it gives the lads a real buzz to hear the support. ‘I thought my lads did very well and I was pleased with their effort,’ said Sinnott. Synonyms group, set, crowd, lot, circle, coterie, in-crowd, clan, faction, pack, band, ring, fraternity, brotherhood, society, troop, company, team 1.2British A young man who is boisterously macho. Tony was a bit of a lad—always had an eye for the women 汤姆有点放荡——总是盯着女人。 Example sentencesExamples The tour probably served the purpose of allowing lads and ladettes to say they had actually set foot in a real brewery. Reggie is a bit of a lad. Scarborough's players, we were given to understand, had been planning to bare their backsides in support of a new lads' mag. Teachers warned it was too early to say that "lad culture" was dead just yet. Sutton's reputation as a bit of a lad who likes the rough and tumble ignores a few home truths. It isn't paramilitaries but guys acting the lad till someone hits them a smack in the gob and that's all it is. Furthermore, I am not and have never been a lad. In order to fit in with the lads, he finds himself going out on a Friday night club crawl. Hooter is a bit of a lad with the gals; at least that's what Hooter thinks. Lad culture has done nothing more than perpetuate petty hatred between the sexes. Now I'm one of the lads, happy to share a pint down the pub. A heavy social drinker is a good bloke, one of the lads. They know he is a bit of a lad, but they like a president who gets things done. That came out through an interview I did with Zoo magazine, which is kind of a lad's magazine. Synonyms man, young man 2British A stable worker (regardless of age or sex). 〈英〉马厩工人 Example sentencesExamples Kandidate's effort was all the more meritorious for the fact that he dropped his lad and ran loose for a mile on the gallops yesterday morning. Whilst the lad may be a decent rider, he is a very poor jockey. I suppose the current consensus is AP McCoy, and he's a terrific lad, but he hasn't won the National. My first memory was when I was 15 and went down with Bobby Oxley, the main travelling lad for Arthur Stephenson. The lad then gave me directions to go and visit Rummy at his own stables whenever I wanted and happily I did so on two more occasions before his death. Bob McGonagle, the lad, appeared to be fighting him as soon as he left the saddling area for the parade ring. One lad to three horses was the norm when I started back in the 60s, and it has cost us to carry so many bodies, but it is the way I want to work. The two horses were really well up to the race and the two lads gave them beautiful rides. As travelling head lad to the late Gordon Richards, he had just watched Hallo Dandy win the 1984 Grand National. But I think I would want to come home to the yard, lads and horses - I just hope that dilemma may one day be reality! On hanging up his silks he became head lad to Mick Burke before serving his apprenticeship with Charlie Weld. Phrases one of the lads informal A man who is an accepted or integral member of a male social group. he's one of the lads—a top bloke I tried to fit in by being one of the lads Example sentencesExamples His reputation as one of the lads will not preclude him from making enemies with his wild-card selections. He let the other one get under his skin and destroy what made him one of the lads to begin with. He'd been working with us for about four years and was just one of the lads. It is done in such an unassuming way that we see Stephen as just one of the lads out for the nigh. You have to be seen to be one of the lads and highly popular for the position. People say in front of the camera he's boring or whatever, but away from the camera, he's a great laugh and one of the lads really. She tries to act as one of the lads, but is not respected at all by them. I am just one of the lads now, and am treated no differently. It's early days for me yet, but he is different from other managers in that he tries to be one of the lads. "He was one of the lads from the start," says Ritchie. He was a strong character and one of the lads. It's a slow process, but after half an hour, I am accepted as one of the lads. I tried to fit in by being one of the lads. You would not have thought he was a superstar; he was always one of the lads. It always seemed that I was one of the lads and that I was okay, but inside I didn't feel that I was matching up to them. Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. noun.1 phr.
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