QUÉ SIGNIFICA BOFFIN EN INGLÉS
Científico
Un boffin es argot británico para un científico, ingeniero u otra persona dedicada a trabajos técnicos o científicos. La concepción original de la Segunda Guerra Mundial de los investigadores ganadores de la guerra significa que el personaje tiende a tener connotaciones más positivas que las caracterizaciones relacionadas como egghead, nerd o geek.
definición de boffin en el diccionario inglés
La primera definición de boffin en el diccionario es un científico, especialmente uno que realiza investigación militar. Otra definición de boffin es una persona que tiene una gran habilidad o conocimiento en un campo particular. Boffin es también alguien que se considera muy inteligente, a menudo con exclusión de todos los intereses no académicos.
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10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «BOFFIN»
Descubre el uso de
boffin en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con
boffin y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
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Boffin: A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio ...
Boffin is the highly entertaining story of a man who has lived & breathed science. While entertaining Hanbury Brown is also deeply thoughtful of his profession & concludes with some candid views on the nature & purpose of science.
Disagreeable and untidy Mr. Boffin, a life-long cat-hater, is adopted by a particularly persistent cat who seems to be immune to all efforts to get rid of him
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Boffin's Books and Darwin's Finches: Victorian Cultures of ...
As industry and empire made available many new and exotic goods for acquisition and display, the collection as a cultural form offered the Victorians a popular strategy of self-fashioning that was often represented in the literature of the ...
Michael William Hancock,
2007
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Boffin Boy And the Invaders from Space
The Boffin Boy books all feature Rick Shaw, an extremely clever 14 year old who is only interested in science.
Richard Hodgson dreams of changing his image. Can he reinvent himself? How easy is it to become one of the lads, go to wild parties, even meet girls? Can a boffin ever really be cool?
NETWORKING: PRODUCT REVIEWS Multi platform CD-ROM server Boffin's
elegant server quietly delivers CD access THE WORLD'S SHORTEST SHORT
STORIES. Two of a series oncE upon a t i m e, there ias An is. The Moral: Call
WilTel if ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis
Allen. In, and rocking her to and fro — both fits of considerable duration. "Old lady
, old lady," said Mr. Boffin, at length; "if you don't begin somebody else must.
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman,
1866
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Boffin Boy And the Wizard of Edo
Boffin Boy must stop the Wizard of Edo when the evil genius steals the minds of the world's greatest scientists and loads them into his computers.
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Boffin Boy And the Red Wolf
Boffin Boy must stop the evil Red Wolf when he uses subliminal messages to persuade the wizards of Zone City to give up their secrets.
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Boffin Boy And the Monsters from the Deep
Boffin Boy and Wu Pee must figure out how to stop giant mutant jellyfish from stealing ice cream, lollipops, and chocolate bars from beachgoers.
10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «BOFFIN»
Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término
boffin en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
Novak Djokovic vs Kevin Anderson, Wimbledon 2015: as it happened
Wawrinka is one set-up against Boffin and trails 5-6 on serve in the second having been a break up. Cilic leads Kudla by a set to love and is 2-1 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Wimbledon 2015: Manic Monday - as it happened
Wawrinka is one set-up against Boffin and trails 5-6 on serve in the second having been a break up. Cilic leads Kudla by a set to love and is 2-1 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Hugh Jackman and Dev Patel battle over a bot in Chappie
In a futuristic South Africa where the cops are literally robots, Dev Patel's bot boffin Deon is teaching the latest model Chappie art and etiquette, ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
The whiff of deception
The shampoo had a smell that one could say reminded one of limes but in reality had a smell that some boffin thought was like what we would think limes smelt ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
Of the two authors of this book, Simon Guerrier is the literary half, Dr Marek Kukula the boffin, and they begin with a disclaimer: "This isn't a ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Boffin: Will I soon be able to CLONE a WOOLLY MAMMOTH? YES …
Poll It will definitely be possible within the foreseeable future to bring back the long-extinct woolly mammoth, a top geneticist has said. However ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Wimbledon 2015, day six - Saturday, July 4: live
Things are about to take a turn for the better on the live blog, as tennis boffin and all round Top Woman On The Island Vicki Hodges is here to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Big Brother Marc evicted and tells Emma: 'I'm ac***'
The Irish science boffin was the tenth housemate to be evicted and told Emma Willis: ""They all wanted to get on and move in together ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
Original LIZARD JESUS is found in Wyoming
According to bone-furtling boffin Jack Conrad, one of the team who discovered the bone-domed Saviour lizard, the climate in Wyoming some ... «The Register, Jul 15»
THE GUIDE INTERVIEW: Joe Pasquale on Weymouth's Randy the …
THE GUIDE INTERVIEW: Joe Pasquale on Weymouth's Randy the Dolphin, hunting for vegetables and why he dreams of being a TV boffin. Dorset Echo: ... «Dorset Echo, Jul 15»