boss

Compared meaning: the person who supervises you at work (noun).

比较义项：工作中管理你的人（名词）。

• boss 本词

  General everyday word for whoever supervises you at any job, from an office to a shop; can be a manager, owner, or supervisor.

  日常通用词，指任何工作场所里管理你的人，从办公室到商店都适用；可以是经理、老板或上司。

  I need to ask my boss for a day off next week.

  我需要向我的老板请假，下周休一天。

• foreman

  Specific term for the worker who leads and supervises a crew of manual laborers, typically on a construction site or in a factory.

  专指term带领并监督一线体力劳动工人的工头，通常出现在工地或工厂中。

  The foreman shouted instructions to the crew from the top of the scaffolding.

  工头从脚手架顶上向工人们大声下达指示。

Boss and foreman both mean the person who supervises you at work. Boss is the general, everyday word for whoever manages you at any job. Foreman is a specific term for the worker who leads a crew of manual laborers, usually on a construction site.

这两个词在这个意义上很接近，都指工作中管理你的人，但用法不同：boss是日常通用词，可以指任何工作场所里管理你的经理、上司或老板；foreman专指工地、工厂等体力劳动场所里带领工人的工头，本人通常也是工人之一。这里不比较foreman作为“陪审长”（陪审团负责人）的意思。