| 单词 | baby |
| 释义 | baby n. & v. --n (pl. -ies) 1. a very young child or infant, esp. one not yet able to walk. 2. an unduly childish person (is a baby about injections). 3. the youngest member of a family, team, etc. 4. (often attrib.) a a young or newly born animal. b a thing that is small of its kind (baby car; baby rose). 5. sl. a young woman; a sweetheart (often as a form of address). 6. sl. a person or thing regarded with affection or familiarity. 7. one's own responsibility, invention, concern, achievement, etc., regarded in a personal way. --vtr. (-ies, -ied) 1. treat like a baby. 2. pamper. Phrases and idioms baby boom colloq. a temporary marked increase in the birthrate. baby boomer a person born during a baby boom, esp. after the war of 1939-45. baby-bouncer Brit. a frame supported by elastic or springs, into which a child is harnessed to exercise its limbs. Baby Buggy (pl. -ies) Brit. propr. a kind of child's collapsible pushchair. baby carriage US a pram. baby grand the smallest size of grand piano. baby-snatcher colloq. 1. a person who kidnaps babies. 2. = cradle-snatcher. baby-talk childish talk used by or to young children. baby-walker a wheeled frame in which a baby learns to walk. carry (or hold) the baby bear unwelcome responsibility. throw away the baby with the bath-water reject the essential with the inessential. Derivatives babyhood n. Etymology: ME, formed as BABE, -Y(2) |
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