booby

• n. nerd; fool; pond-goose; （コンテストやゲームで）最悪のスコアを出した人

ラテン語のbulbus、吃音、擬音語、barbarianと同じ語源から。 Boobyはスペイン語由来で、非常にゆっくりした鳥。

booby (n.)

1590s, from Spanish bobo "stupid person, slow bird" (used of various ungainly seabirds), probably from Latin balbus "stammering," from an imitative root (see barbarian).

Booby prize is by 1883: an object of little value given to the loser of a game; booby trap is 1850, originally a schoolboy prank; the more lethal sense developed during World War I.

At the end of every session the dominie had the satirical custom of presenting his tawse as a "booby-prize" to some idle or stupid lout whom he picked out as meriting this distinction so that next time they met he might start fresh and fair with new pair for a new set of classes. [Ascott R. Hope, "Dumps," "Young England" magazine, 1883]

1. They walked right into a booby -trap and got blown to smithereens.

彼らはちょうど餌雷を踏んだところ、粉々に爆破された。

2.They dug trenches in their path and set booby traps.

彼らは小道に深い溝を掘って餌雷を設置した。

3.Police were checking the area for booby traps.

警察はこの地域で餌雷を探知している。

4.His booby -trapped car exploded.

爆弾が取り付けられた車が爆発した。

5.Don 't be such a booby ！

そんなに馬鹿にしないで！