- [countable] (informal)
a child or young person 小孩;年輕人 Do you have any kids? 你有孩子嗎? How are the kids (= your children)? 孩子們好嗎? A bunch of kids were hanging around outside. 一群年輕人在外面到處遊逛。 a gang/group of kids 一幫/一群孩子 college/school kids 大學生/小學生 street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive 靠機智靈活生存的街頭小子 You're acting like a little kid! 你表現得像個小孩! - as a kid
I remember reading with my grandmother as a young kid of 6. 我記得我6歲的時候和奶奶一起讀書。 I'm looking forward to getting home to the wife and kids. 我期待着回到妻子和孩子身邊。 Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating. 這裏有一些教孩子們健康飲食的有趣方法。 The kids love playing outside in the mud. 孩子們喜歡在外面的泥裏玩耍。 The game is aimed at kids of all ages. 這個遊戲是針對所有年齡的孩子的。
Collocations Childrensee also boomerang kid, whizz-kidChildren 孩子 Having a baby/child 懷孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
懷孕 - miss your period
月經未按期來 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
懷孕了;發現懷孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一個寶寶/一個孩子/孩子/一個兒子/一個女兒/一對雙胞胎/孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常/歷經艱難/意外懷孕;順産;難産;在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩;催産 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流産;引起流産 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一個孩子/一個寶寶/一個女兒/一個兒子/一對雙胞胎
Parenting 養育;撫養;教養 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
撫養孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顧小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
換尿布;給嬰兒換尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子;給孩子哺乳;用奶瓶喂養孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有權利休/正在休産假/陪産假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
産假後回到工作崗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要/找到一個臨時保姆/負擔得起的高質量兒童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡/兼顧工作與照顧小孩/撫養小孩/家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子;給孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
懲罰/管教/嬌慣孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收養小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩給人收養 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代養小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交給寄養父母;由寄養父母撫養
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa2She's a bright kid. 她是個聰明孩子。 He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on. 他只是個小孩子,你不能指望他理解出了什麽事。 I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid. 我爲這個可憐的孩子感到特别難過。 I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people. 我一直努力教導孩子要尊重他人。 She was crying like a kid. 她像個孩子似的哭泣。 The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well. 大一點兒的孩子們下午也有課。 They had adopted three kids. 他們已經收養了 3 個孩子。 They're just a bunch of kids. 他們不過是一群孩子。 We both wanted to have kids. 我們倆都想要孩子。 a spoiled little rich kid 嬌生慣養的富家小孩
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- young
- big
- …
- bunch
- couple
- crowd
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- have
- want
- adopt
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- just a kid
- only a kid
- like a kid
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- [countable]
a young goat Topics Animalsc2小山羊 - [uncountable]
soft leather made from the skin of a young goat 小山羊皮革 a pair of white kid gloves 一副白色小手套
Word Originnoun Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old Norse kith, of Germanic origin; related to German Kitze.
Idioms
handle/treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves
to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them 小心應付某人 Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive. 和她接觸要小心謹慎 - 她很敏感。
kids’ stuff (British English)
(North American English kid stuff)
something that is so easy to do or understand that it is thought to be not very serious or only suitable for children 極容易的事;“小兒科”;小孩子都懂得的道理 That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead. 和將要發生的一切相比,那算不了什麽。 The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end. 這部電影從頭至尾幼稚至極。
a/the new kid on the block