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单词 babyish
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Definition of babyish in English:

babyish

adjective ˈbeɪbɪɪʃˈbeɪbiɪʃ
derogatory
  • Typical of or suitable for a baby; childish.

    he pursed his mouth into a babyish pout
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, I pray they will hold their babyish contests somewhere other than London.
    • She glanced at the child she held in her arms, and he looked back with babyish love in his eyes.
    • Like smoking, which I'd started at 12 and kicked at 15, I considered it a somewhat naff and babyish thing to do once you were legal.
    • But as his talk became clearer, his parents found that he was asking them for the names of the cars he saw and began saying Ambassador and Fiat in his own babyish voice.
    • Even when speaking, they do not say anything clever and many of them have a terrible, squeaky voice which foreigners think is babyish and unattractive.
    • In keeping with the association with babyish faces, weak chins are less common in movie villains than in more ‘innocent’ characters.
    • In the photos he still looks like a baby, isn't walking or talking, his face is much more rounded and babyish.
    • Haigh does not say so, but this is actually rather babyish.
    • The press could be being babyish; the military could be putting on a brave face.
    • Now, it seems, this babyish sentimentalisation of nature is regarded as a social attribute.
    • She said she was terrified and couldn't remember how he got her out but she did remember the strange babyish voice he used.
    • Then you know how to act more grown-up on set and be ‘responsible’ except you still look good and babyish on screen.
    • Do not blame, criticise or punish your child or call them dirty or babyish.
    • Georgie's babyish voice sounded from the room behind his mother.
    • The other was short, and scrawny, with a babyish pout and white blonde hair.
    • Clearly, capable confident, can-do people are what Kruglanski dislikes and babyish, helpless people are his ideal.
    • Maybe it's simply that like everyone else I found Tony with his babyish skin, his grand ideas and gentle indifference an irresistible target.
    • Don't be surprised if there's some deterioration in your child's behaviour or a regression to more babyish ways.
    • So, all in all, and at the risk of being extremely babyish myself, I'd go so far as to say that my argument's bigger than yours.
    Synonyms
    childish, immature, infantile, juvenile, puerile, adolescent, silly, foolish, inane, jejune, naive

Derivatives

  • babyishly

  • adverb
    derogatory
    • It's all so simple, really, so childish: Very simply and babyishly you trust them all and you say things thinking it all sounds so cute.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And then she added babyishly, ‘You can't make me.’
      • Her designs are playful, and even ‘cheeky,’ but never babyishly girly.
      • Leonard pushed the rattle with his mitten and gurgled very babyishly for Mother, desperate not to be put to bed.
      • Another ad, in the same series, depicts a man talking babyishly to his son.
  • babyishness

  • noun
    derogatory
    • Girls are treated gently and sweetly because of their assumed (or rather, socially expected) babyishness and vulnerability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We can become enraged at schoolchildren who want to hold onto their babyishness, in much the same way as we are infuriated by prolonged breastfeeding.
      • When you look back at the common sense and progressiveness of arguments against American intervention in Vietnam, Chile and the like, you can't help but be struck by the sheer befuddled babyishness of the apologists.
 
 

Definition of babyish in US English:

babyish

adjectiveˈbeɪbiɪʃˈbābēiSH
derogatory
  • 1(of appearance or behavior) characteristic of a baby.

    he pursed his mouth into a babyish pout
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The press could be being babyish; the military could be putting on a brave face.
    • She glanced at the child she held in her arms, and he looked back with babyish love in his eyes.
    • Like smoking, which I'd started at 12 and kicked at 15, I considered it a somewhat naff and babyish thing to do once you were legal.
    • Then you know how to act more grown-up on set and be ‘responsible’ except you still look good and babyish on screen.
    • In keeping with the association with babyish faces, weak chins are less common in movie villains than in more ‘innocent’ characters.
    • Georgie's babyish voice sounded from the room behind his mother.
    • Haigh does not say so, but this is actually rather babyish.
    • Even when speaking, they do not say anything clever and many of them have a terrible, squeaky voice which foreigners think is babyish and unattractive.
    • Don't be surprised if there's some deterioration in your child's behaviour or a regression to more babyish ways.
    • So, all in all, and at the risk of being extremely babyish myself, I'd go so far as to say that my argument's bigger than yours.
    • In the photos he still looks like a baby, isn't walking or talking, his face is much more rounded and babyish.
    • The other was short, and scrawny, with a babyish pout and white blonde hair.
    • But as his talk became clearer, his parents found that he was asking them for the names of the cars he saw and began saying Ambassador and Fiat in his own babyish voice.
    • She said she was terrified and couldn't remember how he got her out but she did remember the strange babyish voice he used.
    • Do not blame, criticise or punish your child or call them dirty or babyish.
    • Clearly, capable confident, can-do people are what Kruglanski dislikes and babyish, helpless people are his ideal.
    • Now, it seems, this babyish sentimentalisation of nature is regarded as a social attribute.
    • Maybe it's simply that like everyone else I found Tony with his babyish skin, his grand ideas and gentle indifference an irresistible target.
    • Anyway, I pray they will hold their babyish contests somewhere other than London.
    Synonyms
    childish, immature, infantile, juvenile, puerile, adolescent, silly, foolish, inane, jejune, naive
    1. 1.1 (of clothes or toys) suitable for a baby.
      he declared that dolls were silly, babyish things
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I cant remember not being able to read and reading novels when my classmates were still reading what I considered babyish.
      • Does your room still look babyish with dolls or ruffles?
 
 
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