grownup

英

美

adj.  成熟的；成人的
n.  成年人；大人

复数：grownups　第三人称单数：grownups　

BNC.44628

柯林斯词典

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。


• N-COUNT （用作儿语）成年人，大人
  Agrown-upis an adult; used by or to children.
  1. Jan was almost a grown-up...
     简都快是个大人了。
  2. 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。
• ADJ 成熟的；成年的；长大的
  Someone who isgrown-upis physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 似成人的；成熟的
  If you say that someone isgrown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.
  1. She's very grown-up.
     她表现得很像个大人。
• ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的；成人的
  Grown-upthings seem suitable for or typical of adults.
  1. Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
     她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。
  2. She talked in a grown-up manner.
     她说起话来像个大人。

英英释义

noun

• a fully developed person from maturity onward
  Synonym:adult

adj

• (of animals) fully developed
  1. an adult animal
  2. a grown woman
  Synonym:adultbigfull-grownfully growngrown

双语例句

• Mom: Oh, my son looks like a grownup.
  妈妈：哦，我的儿子看上去像个小大人。
• It was really frightening for a9-year-old boy to confront a grownup.
  这样的事对一个9岁的小男孩来说是觉得挺委屈的。
• He's a kid, who manages to survive and even win while making mistakes and floundering around, just like any kid ( or grownup, for that matter).
  他是一个一边犯错误，一边学会生存及成长的孩子，就象任何孩子（或成人，面对这种问题）一样。
• It is no use telling grownup children not to make mistakes, both because they will not beilieve you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education.
  告诉成年的孩子不要犯错是无用的，不仅因为他们不会听从你，而且事实上错误是教育学习中的一部分。
• I don't think so. I mean, like, he's a grownup.
  我不认为我是说，他是个大人。
• Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup!
  我不是才刚进入这个两人的世界吗？天哪，我已经是个结过婚的女人了？已经是个大人了耶！
• Older couples, with grownup children of their own.
  几对上了年纪的夫妇和他们已长大成人的子女。
• The grownup, however, is not so wise. As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He tries to protect the sandy monument.
  然而，这位成年人，当岁月的巨浪击毁他的承包，他害怕了，他试图保护这沙质纪念碑。
• Nowadays more and more students begin to try part-time jobs after school, which shows they have grownup and intend to support them by their own efforts.
  眼下，越来越多的在校生在课余做一些兼职工作，这表示他们已经长大了，打算用自己的努力来维持生活。
• Is this what it means to be grownup, to be free, but are we really free?
  这是否意味着成长、自由？然而我们是否拥有真正的自由呢？