lad

英 [læd] 美 [læd]

1. 谐音“男的”。
2. 反义同源：lad <====> lass.
3. lad 这货跟 lass 是天生一对儿，就跟 boy 和 girl 是天生一对儿一样的，所以这一对儿一定要一起记忆，所谓男女搭配干活不累嘛，不对应该是男女搭配记词不累。

lad 男孩，小伙

来自古英语ladde,步兵，年青的男仆，可能来自lead的过去分词，即被引导者，被带领的人，后用来指年轻的小伙。

lad: lad: [13] Lad originally meant ‘male of low status or social rank’, and hence ‘male servant’, but by the 14th century its progression to the presentday ‘young male’ was well under way. It is not known where it came from, but there seems to be a strong likelihood of a Scandinavian origin (Norwegian has -ladd in compounds referring to ‘(male) persons’).
lad (n.): c. 1300, ladde "foot soldier," also "young male servant" (attested as a surname from late 12c.), possibly from a Scandinavian language (compare Norwegian -ladd, in compounds for "young man"), but of obscure origin in any case. OED hazards a guess on Middle English ladde, plural of the past participle of lead (v.), thus "one who is led" (by a lord). Liberman derives it from Old Norse ladd "hose; woolen stocking." "The development must have been from 'stocking,' 'foolish youth' to 'youngster of inferior status' and (with an ameliorated meaning) to 'young fellow.'" He adds, "Words for socks, stockings, and shoes seem to have been current as terms of abuse for and nicknames of fools." Meaning "boy, youth, young man" is from mid-15c. Scottish form laddie, a term of endearment, attested from 1540s.

2. He was a nice lad — bright and with a sunny disposition.: 他是个不错的小伙子——聪明伶俐而且性格开朗。

3. He's a sensitive lad and some of the criticism has stung him.: 他是个敏感的小伙子，有些批评刺痛了他。