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单词 infant
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•fant /ˈɪnfənt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a child during the earliest period of its life.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. of or relating to infants or infancy:infant mortality rates.
  2. being in the earliest stage:a technology in its infant stages.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•fant  (infənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk;
    baby.
  2. Lawmakinga person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years;
    a minor.
  3. a beginner, as in experience or learning;
    novice:The new candidate is a political infant.
  4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress.

adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to infants or infancy:infant years.
  2. being in infancy:an infant king.
  3. being in the earliest stage:an infant industry.
  4. Lawof or pertaining to the legal state of infancy;
    minor.
  • Latin, as above
  • Anglo-French
  • Latin infant- (stem of infāns) small child, literally, one unable to speak, equivalent. to in- in-3 + -fāns, present participle of fārī to speak; replacing Middle English enfaunt
  • 1350–1400
infant•hood′, n. 
infant•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
infant /ˈɪnfənt/ n
  1. a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby
  2. another word for minor
  3. Brit a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven
  4. a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity
  5. (modifier) of or relating to young children or infancy
  6. designed or intended for young children
adj
  1. in an early stage of development; nascent: an infant science or industry
  2. of or relating to the legal status of infancy
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in-1 + fārī to speak

ˈinfantˌhood n
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