bobby

noun
🔊/ˈbɒbi/
🔊/ˈbɑːbi/
(plural bobbies)
(British English, old-fashioned, informal)
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  1. a police officer警察
    • Many people think there should be more bobbies on the beat.许多人认为节拍应该有更多的爱好。
    • problems that used to be dealt with by the village bobby村鲍比以前处理过的问题
    • the image of the traditional British bobby传统的英国鲍比的形象
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Word OriginNamed after Sir Robert Peel, the politician who created London’s police force in the 19th century. Bobby is a familiar form of ‘Robert’.

Bobby

🔊/ˈbɒbi/
🔊/ˈbɑːbi/
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  1. a first name for boys, sometimes short for Robert