| 单词 | child |
| 释义 | child /tʃaɪld/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/) [countable] 1 young person 小孩CHILD someone who is not yet an adult 儿童，小孩 SYN kid The hotel is ideal for families with young children. 这家宾馆对带小孩的家庭再合适不过。 The film is not suitable for children under 12. 这部影片不适合12岁以下的儿童观看。 I was very happy as a child (=when I was a child). 我小时候很幸福。a child of five/eight etc For a child of five this was a terrifying experience. 对5岁的小孩来说这是一次可怕的经历。 a famous writer of children’s books 著名的儿童文学作家 child victims of war 战争受难儿童2 son/daughter 儿子/女儿BABY/HAVE A BABY a son or daughter of any age 儿子；女儿；孩子 I have five children, all happily married. 我有五个孩子，他们的婚姻都很幸福。 She lives with her husband, Paul, and three grown-up children. 她和丈夫保罗及三个成年子女生活在一起。 Annie had always wanted to get married and have children. 安妮一直想要结婚生子。 Alex is an only child (=he has no brothers or sisters). 亚历克斯是独生子。 Our youngest child, Sam, has just started university. 我们最小的孩子萨姆刚上大学。eldest child 最大的孩子 especially British English, oldest child especially American English the decision to bring a child into the world (=have a baby) 生孩子的决定3 SB influenced by an idea 受某想法影响的人EFFECT/INFLUENCE someone who is very strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular period of history 深受〔某一历史时期观点、思想〕影响的人child of a real child of the sixties 真正属于60年代的人4 SB who is like a child 孩子气的人EXPERIENCED someone who behaves like a child and is not sensible or responsible – used to show disapproval 幼稚的人，行为像孩子的人〔含贬义〕 She’s such a child! 她太幼稚了！5 something is child’s play used to say that something is very easy to do 某事做起来很容易 I’ve cooked for 200 people before now. So, tonight is child’s play by comparison. 以前我给200个人做过饭，相比之下今晚真是小菜一碟。6. children should be seen and not heard APPROVEan expression meaning that children should be quiet and not talk – used when you disapprove of the way a child is behaving 大人说话小孩别插嘴〔要小孩安静的用语〕7. be with child old useBABY/HAVE A BABY to be pregnant 怀孕8. be heavy/great with child old useBABY/HAVE A BABY to be nearly ready to give birth 即将临盆 COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + childa four-year-old/ten-year-old etc child 四岁/十岁等的孩子A four-year-old child should not be left on their own. 不应该让四岁的孩子独自一人待着。a young child 年幼的孩子Young children are naturally curious about the world. 小孩子天生对世界充满好奇。a small child (=a young one) 小孩子My family lived in France when I was a small child. 我小时候家住在法国。na newborn childHe was holding the newborn child in his arms.an unborn child (=a baby that is still inside its mother) 胎儿Smoking can damage your unborn child. 吸烟会危害胎儿。a spoilt/spoiled child (=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly) 被宠坏的孩子He’s behaving like a spoilt child. 他的行为像一个被宠坏的孩子。a gifted child (=extremely intelligent) 天才儿童a special school for gifted children 天才儿童特殊学校na bright child (=intelligent)He was a bright child – always asking questions.a good/bad child 好孩子/坏孩子nBe a good child and sit down!a naughty child (=doing things that are not allowed) 顽皮的孩子He's behaving like a naughty child. 他的行为像一个被宠坏的孩子。nan easy/difficult child (=easy or difficult to deal with)Marcus was a very happy, easy child.a problem child (=very difficult to deal with) 问题儿童nProblem children may need to be removed from the classroom.nan adopted child (=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into)I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.nstreet children (=living on the streets because they have no homes)The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.verbsbring up a child especially British English, raise a child especially American English 抚养孩子The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly. 抚养孩子的成本激增。a child is born 孩子出生nMost children at born in hospital.a child grows up 孩子长大nOne in four children is growing up in poverty.child + NOUNchild abuse (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually) （性）虐待儿童He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. 他因涉嫌虐待儿童而被捕。child development 儿童成长She’s an expert in child development. 她是儿童成长专家。child labour British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers) 童工The garments were made using child labour. 这些服装是由童工制作的。 THESAURUSchild someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers 孩子，儿童〔一般不用child指婴儿或青少年〕Many children are scared of the dark. 许多小孩子怕黑。He’s just a child. 他只是个孩子。kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English 孩子，小孩〔日常口语里一般用kid〕We left the kids in the car. 我们把孩子们留在车里。little boy/little girl a young male or female child 小男孩/小女孩I lived there when I was a little girl. 我还是个小女孩的时候就住在那里。Little boys love dinosaurs. 小男孩喜欢恐龙。teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19 青少年，十几岁的孩子There’s not much for teenagers to do around here. 十来岁的孩子在这里没什么事情可做。adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have 青少年，青春期孩子〔尤用于谈论青春期问题〕He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent. 他从开朗的孩子变成了迷惘的小青年。youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes 小伙子，青少年〔尤指行为粗暴、从事犯罪活动的十几岁孩子〕He was attacked by a gang of youths. 他遭到一帮青少年袭击。a youth court 青少年法庭nyoungster a child or young person – used especially by old peopleYou youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you.He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult 未成年人It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor. 向未成年人售酒是违法的。Examples from the Corpuschild• Admission is $5, children under 12 are free.• Children under 14 travel free.• As a child, she preferred playing football with the boys to playing with dolls.• While growing up in North Carolina, Amos was considered a child prodigy on the piano.• When she was a child, she had invited her to stay.• For example a husband can make payments on behalf of his wife and children or viceversa.• That contrasts with three out of five Anglo children who use a computer at school.• Every child was given a present.• She named her first child Katrin.• Michael and Ronda had their first child last year.• an attractive, happy child• One of her children lives in Australia now.• But you know how children accept almost anything that grown ups tell them.• Work-inhibited children who enjoy good relationships with their parents are likely to find their own way.• How many children are there in your class?• How many children does Jane have?• Nationwide, only one in four cases of child abuse and neglect is reported.• Alexandra was an only child and the centre of her mother's world.• Logistics do: getting dinner, keeping house, overseeing child care, buying equipment.• The state will provide child care when both parents participate in the training program.• After her first baby was born, Barb read child development books constantly.• Roberta's second child weighed over four kilos at birth.• The house seems very quiet now that all the children have left home.• Medical staff, seeing that the child was in danger, decided to perform an operation.• And for the last 3 days, they've been living on the food they'd planned to give to the children.• I don't want children - I'm married to a child and that's enough.as a child• Potentially explosive subtext -- Annie was sexually abused as a child -- is pretty much left in the background.• To stamp her feet as a child again.• He learned German as a child.• The third sister, Ankhsenpaaten, had been given as a child bride to Tutankhaten.• It was a habit he had had as a child.• You may have been abused or molested as a child.• Ideas of space and shape, as children fit or match or choose shapes and so on, will be involved.• Carter stuttered as a child and burns now with an eloquence that takes him over from time to time.grown-up children• She was 46 with 3 grown-up children.• Anyway, the daughter now has grown-up children and is living in Launceston.• She lives in Thames Ditton with her husband, Paul and three grown-up children.• Mr Morgan, who was married with three grown-up children, had returned briefly to school after a period of illness.• A native of Wexford, Joe is married with two grown-up children.• Thirty years on, with two grown-up children, they're still together.child of• I am a child of the forties, of radio and World War II.such a child• Instead of suffering on behalf of that poor betrayed girl, she should be fighting for all such children.• Mr Round believes such children should be expelled, and kept out of main-stream education for good.• The structure that comes with limit setting helps such a child stay organized and focused.• By the year 2000, experts in the field think the number of such children will reach 15 million.• It does not take long for a teacher of such a child to stop trying to be helpful.• You know what name is tacked on to such a child.• No one ever turned up such a child, whose existence seems to have been yet another figment of fertile right-wing imaginations.• Families with such children are sometimes in a moral trap.Origin child Old English cildchild noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChinese is an Corpus not who yet someone |
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