boffin

[EE. UU.]/'bɒfɪn/
[Reino Unido]/ˈbɑfɪn/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

n. Jerga británica para un investigador, científico o experto técnico.
Word Forms
Pluralboffins

Oraciones de ejemplo

he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer.

Tenía la reputación de ser un experto en impuestos, un abogado culto.

The boffin is working on a new scientific breakthrough.

El experto está trabajando en un nuevo avance científico.

The boffin presented their findings at the conference.

El experto presentó sus hallazgos en la conferencia.

The boffin's research has led to important discoveries.

La investigación del experto ha llevado a importantes descubrimientos.

The boffin is known for their innovative ideas.

El experto es conocido por sus ideas innovadoras.

The boffin's work has a significant impact on the field.

El trabajo del experto tiene un impacto significativo en el campo.

The boffin received a prestigious award for their contributions.

El experto recibió un prestigioso premio por sus contribuciones.

The boffin's expertise is highly respected in the scientific community.

La experiencia del experto es muy respetada en la comunidad científica.

The boffin collaborated with researchers from around the world.

El experto colaboró con investigadores de todo el mundo.

The boffin's paper was published in a top scientific journal.

El artículo del experto fue publicado en una revista científica de primer nivel.

The boffin is constantly pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

El experto está constantemente superando los límites del conocimiento.

Ejemplos del mundo real

No wonder boffins have their eye on the news from Geneva.

Fuente: The Economist - Arts

Yeah, I'm a bit of a boffin; clever person.

Fuente: Engvid-Benjamin Course Collection

You'll become much more of a boffin if you read a slightly more intellectual newspaper.

Fuente: Engvid-Benjamin Course Collection

The boffins behind it think that new physical forms of the element, known as allotropes, may offer ways around both the partial-combustion and the toxicity problems.

Fuente: The Economist - Technology

Language has been enriched with such terms as 'highbrow', 'egghead', 'blue-stocking', 'wiseacre', 'know-all', 'boffin' and, for many, 'intellectual' is a term of denigration.

Fuente: Jianya Real Exam - Reading

Of the four, the nearest to a conventional boffin was Maurice Wilkins, who had spent much of the Second World War helping to design the atomic bomb.

Fuente: A Brief History of Everything

Chinese engineers made up 27% of that select group in 2019. Many Chinese AI boffins studied or worked in America before bringing expertise back home.

Fuente: Economist Business

Now, what I want you to do is become a bit of a " boffin" , a " clever person" , and go to the quiz, and get 10 out of 10.

Fuente: Engvid-Benjamin Course Collection

For example, words like blockbuster, nose-dive, shell-shocked, camouflage, radar, barrage, boondocks, roadblock, snafu, boffin, brainwashing, spearhead, etc, are all military terms which have made their way into standard English during the World Wars.

Fuente: Illustrated History of English (Volume 2)

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