单词 | newborn |
释义 | newbornnew‧born /ˈnjuːbɔːn $ ˈnuːbɔːrn/ adjective ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora baby► baby Collocations a very young child, especially one who has not yet learned to speak or walk: · Would you mind looking after the baby for us on Saturday afternoon?baby girl/boy: · a four-day-old baby girlbaby clothes/food/milk etc (=for babies): · Let's see if there are any nice baby clothes in the sales. ► infant a baby: · Her parents both died when she was an infant.· There are clear differences in speed of learning between infants at this early stage.infant son/daughter: · The couple have a three-year-old son and an infant daughter.infant mortality (=the number of babies that die in a society): · There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality since the drought began. ► child formal a baby at the time when it is born or before it is born: · Medical staff, seeing that the child was in danger, decided to perform an operation.somebody's first/second etc child: · Michael and Ronda had their first child last year.· Roberta's second child weighed over four kilos at birth. ► newborn: newborn baby/child/ infant a baby etc that has just been born: · Relatives and friends all wanted to see the newborn baby.· Newborn infants spend a lot of time sleeping.· The average weight of a newborn baby is about seven pounds. a baby animal► young the babies of an animal or bird: · The mother bird's main concern is to provide food for her young.· Kangaroos carry their young in a pouch. ► baby: baby animal/rabbit/elephant etc a very young animal, rabbit etc - used especially by or to children: · In the zoo there is a small farm where children can look at the baby animals.· Baby monkeys cling to their mother's backs. ► newborn a newborn animal is one that has just been born: · Newborn kittens cannot open their eyes.· a mother sheep with her newborn lamb ► litter a group of several baby animals that are born at the same time and have the same mother: · The vet asked how many litters the dog had had.· Our cat, Elsie, just had a litter of six kittens. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a newborn baby Phrases· There’s plenty of help and advice for people with newborn babies. ► a newborn child· He was holding the newborn child in his arms. ► a newborn infant· Newborn infants only a few hours old can distinguish between different voices. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► baby· Within moments of our first encounter, he has whipped out a Photo-Me booth shot of his newborn baby daughter.· No one expects a newborn baby to go out and get a job before learning the basic life skills and getting schooling.· It wouldn't have mattered if Sandoz had been as pure as a newborn baby here, John thought.· I could beat any newborn baby in the world crying.· She put her bag with the story on the passenger seat and drove as if it were a newborn baby.· With the smoothest stroke in the game and his newborn baby at home, this was easy labor for Tim Legler.· How does one recognise pain in a newborn baby to whom one can not speak?· In 1987 our newborn baby died. ► child· One example might be where a newborn child developed an infection requiring special care, but recovered in a few days.· The newborn child can suffer from physical dependence, withdrawal symptoms or even serious birth defects. ► infant· What are the factors that result in either early or delayed feelings of love for a newborn infant?· Further studies are needed to validate the suggested criteria for newborn infants.· The 2-year-old is cognitively and affectively different from the newborn infant.· Retractions were sensitive but not specific, and grunting was not significantly associated with hypoxaemia in these newborn infants. ► son· Joseph and Mary with their newborn son lying in a manger.· Under a window lay our newborn son crowned by a spectrum, the seven strands of vision. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► newborn child/baby/son etc
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