[N-COUNT 可数名词]婴儿 An infant is a baby or very young child.
[oft N n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...young mums with infants in prams...
用婴儿车推着宝宝的年轻妈妈
The family were forced to flee with their infant son.
那家人被迫带着他们尚在襁褓中的儿子逃走了。
...the infant mortality rate in Britain.
英国的婴儿夭折率
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](5-7岁的)幼儿Infants are children between the ages of five and seven, who go to an infant school.
[usu pl]
[the N]
[BRIT 英]
You use the infants to refer to a school or class for such children.幼儿园；幼儿班
You've been my best friend ever since we started in the infants.
自从我们上幼儿园起，你就是我最好的朋友。
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[ADJ 形容词]供婴儿用的Infant means designed especially for very young children.
[ADJ n]
...an infant carrier in the back of a car.
汽车后部的婴儿座椅
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[ADJ 形容词](组织、运动等)初期的，初创的 An infant organization or system is new and has not developed very much.
[ADJ n]
The infant company was based in Germany.
这家新公司总部在德国。
...the infant health service.
处于初期阶段的公共医疗卫生服务
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in·fant/ˈɪnfənt; NAmEˈɪnfənt/
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infantinfantsnoun1( formalortechnical 术语) a baby or very young child 婴儿；幼儿◆a nursery for infants under two两岁以下婴幼儿的托儿所◆their infant son他们幼小的儿子◆She was seriously ill as an infant.她年幼时曾患重病。◆the infant mortality rate婴幼儿死亡率◆Mozart was an infant prodigy(= a child with unusual ability).莫扎特是个神童。HELPIn NAmEinfantis only used for a baby, especially a very young one. 美式英语中 infant 仅指婴儿，尤指新生儿。2(in British and Australian education 英国和澳大利亚的教育)a child at school between the ages of four and seven 四岁到七岁之间的学童◆an infant school幼儿学校◆infant teachers幼儿教师◆I've known her since we were in the infants (= at infantschool). 从幼儿学校时我就认识她了。adjective[only before noun ]1designed to be used by infants供婴幼儿用的◆infant formula (= milk for babies)婴儿配方奶粉2new and not yet developed 初期的；初创期的◆infant industries新兴工业in·fant/ˈɪnfənt; NAmEˈɪnfənt/
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infant1 noun
infant2 adjective
infantin‧fant1 /ˈɪnfənt/ ●●○W3 noun
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1[countable] formal a baby or very young child: An infant’s skin is very sensitive.► see thesaurus at
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2infants [plural] children in school in Britain between the ages of four and eightCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa young infant· The never-ending demands of a young infant can be very stressful for parents.a newborn infant· Newborn infants only a few hours old can distinguish between different voices.an unborn infant· Unborn infants can hear certain sounds while still in the mother’s womb.a premature infant (=born too early)· The hospital provides life-saving care to premature infants.a healthy infant· Amy gave birth to a healthy infant.a sick infant· Sick infants are treated in the intensive care nursery.infant + NOUNinfant deaths· The number of infant deaths has fallen significantly.infant mortality (=the number of infants who die)· The infant mortality rate doubled during the 1990s.
infant1 noun
infant2 adjective
infantinfant2 adjective [only before noun]
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1infant school/teacher/class etc a school, teacher etc for children aged between four and eight in Britain2intended for babies or very young children: infant formula milk3an infant company, organization etc has just started to exist or be developed: infant industries
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