baby

英 [ˈbeɪbi]

美 [ˈbeɪbi]

n.  婴儿; 动物幼崽; (家庭或团体中)最年幼的成员; 幼稚的人; 孩子气的人
adj.  (蔬菜)小型的，幼嫩的
v.  婴儿般对待; 百般呵护

复数：babies　现在分词：babying　过去式：babied　第三人称单数：babies　过去分词：babied　

中考高考CET4CET6考研医学

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.869 / COCA.588

同义词辨析

babybabeinfant【导航词义：婴儿】

习惯用语

n.

be your/sb's baby
• （计划或项目）就像某人的孩子一样（因亲自制订而尽心负责）
  to be a plan or project that sb is responsible for and cares about because they have created it
leave sb holding the baby
• （突然）把重大责任推给某人
  to suddenly make sb responsible for sth important that is really your responsibility
• He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby.
  他换了工作，把活儿甩给我们。
throw the baby out with the bathwater
• 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉
  to lose sth that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid of sth that you do not want
be like taking candy from a baby
• 像从娃娃手里抢糖吃；手到擒来；轻而易举
  used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth
sleep like a log/baby
• 沉睡；酣睡
  to sleep very well

牛津词典

noun

• 婴儿；动物幼崽
  a very young child or animal
  1. The baby's crying!
     婴儿在哭！
  2. a newborn baby
     新生儿
  3. My sister's expecting a baby .
     我姐姐怀孕了。
  4. She had a baby last year.
     她去年生了个孩子。
  5. a baby boy/girl
     男婴；女婴
  6. baby food/clothes
     婴儿食品 / 服装
  7. a baby monkey/blackbird
     幼猴；黑鹂雏
• （家庭或团体中）最年幼的成员
  the youngest member of a family or group
  1. He's the baby of the team.
     他在队里年纪最小。
• 幼稚的人；孩子气的人
  a person who behaves like a young child and is easily upset
  1. Stop crying and don't be such a baby.
     别哭了，别这么孩子气。
• （对爱人的昵称。男子用以称呼不相识的女子则有冒犯之嫌）宝贝儿，心肝儿
  a word used to address sb, especially your wife, husband or lover, in a way that expresses affection but that can be offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know

adj.

• （蔬菜）小型的，幼嫩的
  baby vegetables are a very small version of particular vegetables, or are picked when they are very small
  1. baby carrots
     小胡萝卜

verb

• 婴儿般对待；百般呵护
  to treat sb with too much care, as if they were a baby

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 婴儿；婴孩
  Ababyis a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
  1. She used to take care of me when I was a baby...
     我还在襁褓中时，她曾经照顾过我。
  2. My wife has just had a baby...
     我妻子刚生了孩子。
  3. Claire had to dress her baby sister.
     克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
• N-COUNT （动物）幼崽；幼兽；幼鸟
  Ababyanimal is a very young animal.
  1. ...a baby elephant.
     幼象
  2. ...baby birds.
     雏鸟
• ADJ （蔬菜）幼嫩的
  Babyvegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
  1. Serve with baby new potatoes.
     配上小个的新土豆。
• N-VOC; N-COUNT 宝贝儿（昵称，尤用于年轻女性）
  Some people usebabyas an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them.
  1. You have to wake up now, baby...
     该起床了，宝贝儿。
  2. He was confused, poor baby.
     他都懵了，可怜的家伙。
• 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉；将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃；不分好坏地全盘抛弃
  If youthrow the baby out with the bath water, you lose the good parts of something as well as the bad parts, because you reject it as a whole instead of just removing what is bad.
• PHRASE 替他人擦屁股；替别人干苦差事
  If youare left holding the baby, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it.
  1. You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby.
     你满世界地跑，把苦差事都扔给我。

in AM, use 美国英语用 be left holding the bag

英英释义

noun

• a project of personal concern to someone
  1. this project is his baby
• a very young mammal
  1. baby rabbits
• (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
  Synonym:babesister
• the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
  1. the baby of the family
  2. the baby of the Supreme Court
• a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
  1. the baby began to cry again
  2. she held the baby in her arms
  3. it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
  Synonym:babeinfant
• an unborn child
  1. I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby
  2. it was great to feel my baby moving about inside
• an immature childish person
  1. he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
  2. stop being a baby!
  Synonym:child

verb

• treat with excessive indulgence
  1. grandparents often pamper the children
  2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
  Synonym:pamperfeatherbedcossetcockercoddlemollycoddlespoilindulge

双语例句

• She's always going on at me to have a baby.
  她一直唠叨着要我生个孩子。
• I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital
  我能清楚地回想起我女儿来医院看我和她刚出生的弟弟的那一刻。
• When I had my first baby friends warned me that children were expensive
  当我有了第一个孩子时，朋友们提醒我说养孩子是很花钱的。
• You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby.
  你满世界地跑，把苦差事都扔给我。
• He has given up his freewheeling lifestyle to settle down with his baby daughter.
  他放弃了自由放纵的生活方式，和幼小的女儿安顿下来。
• The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children
  婴儿的母亲和另外两个孩子一起逃离了火海。
• Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home
  一旦有了宝宝，我就完全有理由呆在家里了。
• I became pregnant but this man was very violent towards me to the extent that I lost our baby
  我怀孕了，但是这个男人对我非常粗暴，致使我流产了。
• I have already started knitting baby clothes
  我已经开始给宝宝织衣服了。
• The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
  她吃的食物给她和婴儿提供了营养。