单词 | grown-up |
释义 | grown-up Word forms: grown-ups language note: The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 1. countable noun B2 A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children. Jan was almost a grown-up. Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied. Synonyms: adult, man, woman 2. adjective B2 Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult. I have grown-up children who're doing well. 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child. She's very grown-up. 4. adjective B2 Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of adults. [informal] Her songs tackle grown-up subjects. She talked in a grown-up manner. Collocations: grown-up conversation If you wanted to have a grown-up conversation about green taxes you might decide that offshore wind was too expensive, costing more than nuclear. Times, Sunday Times There needs to be a willingness to move on and 'a grown-up conversation about the sporting calendar'. Times, Sunday Times People feel embarrassed, horrified, that it's too emotive or distasteful, but we have to have a grown-up conversation about the issue. Times, Sunday Times A grown-up conversation about healthcare needs a long run-up and a grown-up opposition. Times, Sunday Times It's a very grown-up conversation. Times, Sunday Times I'm 41 with a grown-up daughter who's left home. The Sun I felt overwhelmed with pride and enjoyment of my beautiful, grown-up daughter, and grateful to have such special one-on-one time. Times, Sunday Times But it's also a tale about life - the couple's own and that of their grown-up daughter. Times, Sunday Times We are in our forties with one grown-up daughter and have struggled financially for years. The Sun We're in our forties and have been married for 20 years, with a grown-up daughter who has now left home. The Sun It remains an utterly uplifting tonic for these dark times, and you just hope the producers of the grown-up version were taking notes. Times,Sunday Times I do wonder, though, if it's a new grown-up version of writing notes about someone at school. The Sun I have never been scared of a horror film because they are the most absurd melodrama, the grown-up version of the wardrobe monsters. Times, Sunday Times Gouache paints are the grown-up version of what at school one might have known as powder paints. The Times Literary Supplement This new show focuses on the grown-up version - council-house swapping. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 成年人, 长大成人的 Japanese: 成人, 成人した |
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