n.(名词)

1. 孩子气的人，幼稚的人
2. 儿童，孩子，小孩
3. 产物
4. 子孙，后代
5. 没有经验的人
6. 深受某人影响的人
7. 结果
8. 不负责任的人
9. 儿女，儿子，女儿
10. 胎儿
11. Francis James child 蔡尔德（1825-1896，美国学者、英格兰和苏格兰民歌的收集者）

v.(动词)

1. 产生

n.(名词)

1. [C]小孩,儿童 a young human being of either sex, from before birth to the completion of physical development
2. [C]子女,孩子 a son or daughter of any age

Noun:

1. a young person of either sex;

   "she writes books for children"
   "they're just kids"
   "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
   

2. a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;

   "they had three children"
   "they were able to send their kids to college"
   

3. an immature childish person;

   "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"
   "stop being a baby!"
   

4. a member of a clan or tribe;

   "the children of Israel"
   

1.小孩;孩子;儿童
Achild is a human being who is not yet an adult.

child

e.g. When I was achild I lived in a country village...
我小时候生活在一个小乡村里。
e.g. He's just achild.
他还只是个孩子。

2.儿女;子女
Someone'schildren are their sons and daughters of any age.

child

e.g. How are the children?...
孩子们都好吧？
e.g. His children have left home...
他的子女都已离家独立生活了。

1. 小孩：例如把'小孩'(child)、'小孩'(kid)、'少年'(youngster)、'孩儿'(tor)等相似或相近(从某种观点看是类似)的一连串现有的名词中选择出一个来. 接着,为了展开话题,说话者又会从'睡觉'(sleeps)、'打盹'(dozes)、'打瞌睡'(nods)、'小睡'(naps)等意义上有同族关系

1. Most children have an appetite for learning.
   多数孩子都有强烈的求知欲望。
2. The children are pleased by the charm of the zoo.
   动物园的迷人特色使孩子们很高兴。
3. His kindly bearing caused all the children to like him.
   他的和蔼态度使所有的孩子都喜欢他。
4. The children are too young to be allowed out at night.
   孩子们太小,夜间不能让他们出去。
5. The children have been acting up all day, and I'm exhausted.
   这个孩子一直闹了一天,把我弄得筋疲力尽。
6. The nurses in the kindergarten never lose their temper even if the children are very naughty.
   即使孩子十分淘气,幼儿园阿姨也从不发脾气。
7. Young children should rather be allured to learning by gentleness and love, than compelled to learning by beating and fear.
   对小孩子应该通过温柔和爱来诱导他们学习,而不能用打和恐吓强迫他们学习。
8. I watched the children play on the lawn.
   我看着孩子们在草坪上做游戏。
9. There are plenty of toys to amuse the children with while we're out.
   我们不在家时，有足够的玩具供孩子们取乐。
10. Mother allows the children to play outside until dark.
    母亲允许孩子们在室外玩到天黑。
11. They often give talks, advising children to acquire hygienic habits.
    他们常常告诉小孩,让孩子们养成良好的卫生习惯。
12. The government is responsible for the provision of education for all the children.
    政府有责任向所有儿童提供教育。
13. He keeps a firm grip on his children.
    他对孩子们管得很严。
14. Please announce to the children that there will be no school this afternoon.
    请向孩子们宣布今天下午不上学。
15. These desks and seats can be adjusted to the height of any child.
    这些桌椅可随儿童身高来调整。
16. They advertised for a young girl to look after the children.
    他们登广告想招聘一位年轻姑娘来照顾孩子们。
17. The cold was more than the children could bear.
    严寒使孩子们几乎难以忍受。
18. The doctor was associated in the child's mind with injections and pains.
    在孩子的脑海里,医生总是使他联想到打针与疼痛。
19. The children's faces brightened up when they saw their parents appear at the gate of the kindergarten.
    当孩子们看到家长们出现在幼儿园门口时,都喜形于色。
20. Buy the children's shoes big enough to allow room for growth.
    孩子的鞋要买得大些,以便脚长大。
21. The cruel man abandoned his wife and children.
    这个狠心的男子抛弃了他的妻子和儿女。

child's play

极其简单〔容易〕的事 very easy challenge〔task〕

• A very pretty barne. A boy or a child, I wonder?

  出自：Winter's Tale,Shakespeare

He's still but a child.

他仅仅是个小孩子。

He tutored the child in physics.

他给这小孩辅导物理。

They cherished the child as one of their own.

他们把这孩子当作自己亲生子女一般。

Every child bares the responsibility and obligation of supporting the old.

每位子女都负有赡养老人的责任和义务。

He was a child of the Renaissance.

他是文艺复兴时期的产物。

Disease is the child of intemperance.

疾病是无节制的产物。

a child of the 90s

90年代的人

They can't have children .

他们不能生孩子。

a support group for adult children of alcoholics

帮助酗酒者成年子女的小组

a child of three'/a three-year-old child

三岁小孩

men, women and children

男人、女人及儿童

an unborn child

胎儿

not suitable for young children

不适于幼儿

I lived in London as a child.

我小时候住在伦敦。

a child star

童星

They have three grown-up children.

他们有三个成年的孩子。

When I was a child I lived in a country village...

我小时候生活在一个小乡村里。

He's just a child.

他还只是个孩子。

How are the children?...

孩子们都好吧？

His children have left home...

他的子女都已离家独立生活了。

Even a child knows all this.

这种事连小孩都知道.

The child is hugging her doll.

孩子紧抱着她的洋娃娃.

The car ran over the child, but by a miracle, he was unhurt.

汽车压着了这个小孩, 但他却没有受伤,真是奇迹.

Her child is her greatest care.

她的孩子是她最关心的事.

Has the child rallied from her high fever yet?

这个女孩的高烧退了 吗 ?

He plunged into the water to save the child.

他跳入水中救小孩.

That child! Whatever you said, he simply wouldn't listen.

这孩子, 饶怎么说他也不听.

When his father refused to let him have his own way, the child played his trump card by crying.

看到爸爸没有如自己的意, 那孩子便使出绝招,哇的一声哭了起来.

Stop pulling him about like that; he's a child after all.

别那样折腾他了, 他毕竟还是个孩子.

n.(名词)

1. child作“小孩,儿童”解时,其年龄范围比较宽,可指自出生至成年前的孩子,一般指从2岁至14岁的孩子,不分男孩女孩; child还可作“子女,孩子”解,无年龄限制,不分男女。
2. child是可数名词,可充当主语、宾语、定语。
3. children构成所有格加“'s”。

n.(名词)

child's play, children's play

这两个短语的意思并不相同:child's play的意思是“容易的事”“不重要的事”,它通常用作不可数名词；而children's play的意思是“儿童戏剧”,是可数名词,其复数形式是children's plays。例如:

It was child's play to solve that problem.

解决那问题是非常容易的。

All the children like to watching children's plays.

所有的孩子都喜欢看儿童戏剧。

child, baby, boy, infant, lad

这组词都表示未成年的孩子。其区别在于:

1.child广义地说指出生至成年前的孩子,一般指从2岁到14岁的孩子; boy泛指自出生至青春期的孩子,可指大、中、小学的学生; baby和infant两个词均表示“新生婴儿”或仍在“襁褓中的幼儿”,但baby是日常用语; lad则指青春期的小伙子。例如:

This child is six months old.这婴儿六个月。

The boys felt amused by the clown.孩子们被滑稽演员逗得发笑。

The operation on the new-born infant was a failure.给那个新生儿做的手术失败了。

He's just a lad.他还只是个小青年。

2.boy和lad一般只用于指“男孩”或“男青年”; 其他三词则通常不分男孩女孩。

3.baby具有更多的个人特色,且含有十分亲近和喜爱的感情色彩; 而infant听起来则有点非人格化或医学、法律用语的味道,暗指未到法定年龄。例如:

He was the infant king at that time.他当时是未成年的国王。

4.baby还可以表示两个或两个以上兄弟姐妹中最后出生的一个或一组成员中最年轻的一位。例如:

The baby of her family is now six years old.她家中最小的孩子今年6岁了。

下面两个句子意思不同:

She is more a child than a woman.

与其说她是一位成年妇女，还不如说 她是一个孩子。

She is more child than a woman.

她具有成年妇女的风韵。

baby，child，infant，youngster

这些名词均有“孩子”之意。

baby日常用词，一般指从刚出生的婴儿到满两岁的或非常小的孩子，常含钟爱意味。

child普通用词，含义广，无感情色彩。泛指从胎儿、婴儿到10岁左右的儿童。

infant书面用词，狭义指出生后到两岁的小孩，广义指7岁以下的孩子；法律上则指未到法定年龄。

youngster泛指任何年龄的儿童或者少年，多指男孩，多为年长者的使用。

n.(名词)

他非常高兴他妻子终于有了孩子。

误 He is overjoyed that his wife is finally with a child.

正 He is overjoyed that his wife is finally with child.

那女人带着一个孩子。

误 The lady is with child.

正 The lady is with a child.

析 be with child意为“怀孕”; with a child意为“带着一个孩子”。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的cild，意为小孩。