baby
n
1
(a) very young child or animal 嬰兒; 幼小的動物
Both mother and baby are doing well. 母子均平安.
[attrib 作定語]
a ,baby `boy/`girl 男嬰[女嬰]
a baby thrush, monkey, crocodile 幼小的鶇、猴子、 魚.
(b) (infml 口) youngest member of a family or group 家庭或團體中最年幼的成員
He's the baby of the team. 他在隊里最年輕.
(c) childish or timid person 孩子氣的人; 膽怯的人
Stop crying and don't be such a baby. 別哭了, 不要這樣孩子氣.
2
(a) (sl 俚 esp US) young woman, esp a man's girl-friend 姑娘; (尤指男子的)女友.
(b) (US sl 俚) person 人.
3 [attrib 作定語]
very small of its kind 小型的: a baby car 小型汽車.
4 (idm 習語) be ,one's `baby (infml 口) be sth that one has created or has in one's care 由某人造成的事物; 歸某人管的事物
It's your baby, ie You must deal with it.這是你干的(應由你來處理). leave sb holding the baby => leave1. smooth as a baby's bottom => smooth1. start a baby => start2. throw the baby out with the bath water foolishly discard a valuable idea, plan, etc at the same time as one is getting rid of sth unpleasant or undesirable 把嬰兒和洗澡水一齊倒掉(在把不想要或不需要的東西扔掉的同時, 也愚蠢地拋棄了有價值的意見、計劃等); 在去其糟粕的同時, 也丟掉了精華. baby, v (pt, pp babied) [Tn]
treat (sb) like a baby; pamper 把(某人)當成小孩; 縱容
Don't baby him. 不要縱容他.
?? 考研助記
諧音貝貝
?? 擴展釋義
*['beibi]n. 嬰孩【醫】 嬰兒
?? 醫學釋義
①嬰兒 ②小型、微型
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
lumpn. 塊,團;腫塊;許多,大量;笨拙的人;
vi. 結成塊;成團;笨重地行走;
vt. 使成團,使成塊;使團結在一起;把…混在一起;
adj. 成團的,成塊的;
adv. 很,非常;