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Grown Up Grown Children Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 ɡrəʊn ʌp] 美

英语单词 grown-up
英美音标 英 [ɡrəʊn ʌp] 美 [ɡroʊn ʌp]
中文释义 adj.成人的
n.成年人
英语例句 (1) He was brought up by his paternal aunt.
(2) In proportion to the baby's total weigt, its brain weighs seven times as much as a grown person's, it's muscles little more than half as much.
(3) A grown man like you shouldn't act like that.
中文例句 (1) 他是由姑姑抚养成人的。
(2) 婴儿头部的重量占体重的比例是成年人的七倍,肌肉的重量占体重的比例则是成人的一半多一点。
(3) 一个象你这样的成年人不该做那种事。
柯林斯解释
The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup,用作名词时up不重读。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](用作儿语)成年人,大人 A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children.
  • Jan was almost a grown-up...

    简都快是个大人了。

  • Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.

    告诉孩子们,如果被人欺负就告诉大人。

2
[ADJ 形容词]成熟的;成年的;长大的 Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.
  • I have grown-up children who're doing well.

    我的几个孩子已经长大成人并且事业有成。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]似成人的;成熟的 If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • She's very grown-up.

    她表现得很像个大人。

4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]适于成人的;成人的 Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of adults.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...

    她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。

  • She talked in a grown-up manner.

    她说起话来像个大人。

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