kid

noun

/kɪd/

Idioms

[countable] (informal) a child or young person小孩；年轻人
- Do you have any kids?你有孩子吗？
- How are the kids (= your children)?孩子们好吗？
- A bunch of kids were hanging around outside.一群年轻人在外面到处游逛。
- a gang/group of kids一帮/一群孩子
- college/school kids大学生/小学生
- street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive靠机智灵活生存的街头小子
- You're acting like a little kid!你表现得像个小孩！
- as a kid I remember reading with my grandmother as a young kid of 6.我记得我6岁的时候和奶奶一起读书。
- I'm looking forward to getting home to the wife and kids.我期待着回到妻子和孩子身边。
- Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating.这里有一些教孩子们健康饮食的有趣方法。
- The kids love playing outside in the mud.孩子们喜欢在外面的泥里玩耍。
- The game is aimed at kids of all ages.这个游戏是针对所有年龄的孩子的。
Kid is much more common than child in informal and spoken North American English.
Collocations Children
Children孩子Having a baby/child怀孕
- 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怀孕
- miss your period月经未按期来
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant怀孕了；发现怀孕了
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor分娩；催产
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage流产；引起流产
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting养育；抚养；教养
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family抚养孩子
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby换尿布；给婴儿换尿布
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假
- go back/return to work after maternity leave产假后回到工作岗位
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子
- adopt a baby/child/kid收养小孩
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption把小孩给人收养
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid代养小孩
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
see also boomerang kid, whizz-kid
- She's a bright kid.她是个聪明孩子。
- He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.他只是个小孩子，你不能指望他理解出了什么事。
- I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid.我为这个可怜的孩子感到特别难过。
- I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people.我一直努力教导孩子要尊重他人。
- She was crying like a kid.她像个孩子似的哭泣。
- The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well.大一点儿的孩子们下午也有课。
- They had adopted three kids.他们已经收养了 3 个孩子。
- They're just a bunch of kids.他们不过是一群孩子。
- We both wanted to have kids.我们俩都想要孩子。
- a spoiled little rich kid娇生惯养的富家小孩
Topics Life stagesa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- little
- young
- big
- …
… of kids
- bunch
- couple
- crowd
- …
verb + kid
- have
- want
- adopt
- …
phrases
- just a kid
- only a kid
- like a kid
- …
[countable] a young goat小山羊Topics Animalsc2
[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

词源noun 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小心应付某人
- Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive.和她接触要小心谨慎－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极容易的事；“小儿科”；小孩子都懂得的道理
- That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.和将要发生的一切相比，那算不了什么。
- The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.这部电影从头至尾幼稚至极。

a/the new kid on the block

(informal) a person who is new to a place, an organization, etc.（地方、机构等的）新来者，新手
- Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block.尽管他已经从政六年，但很多人仍把他视为初出茅庐的新手。

kid

verb

/kɪd/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they kid	/kɪd/ /kɪd/
he / she / it kids	/kɪdz/ /kɪdz/
past simple kidded	/ˈkɪdɪd/ /ˈkɪdɪd/
past participle kidded	/ˈkɪdɪd/ /ˈkɪdɪd/
-ing form kidding	/ˈkɪdɪŋ/ /ˈkɪdɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive, transitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses通常用于进行时) to tell somebody something that is not true, especially as a joke戏弄；开玩笑 synonym joke
- I thought he was kidding when he said he was going out with a rock star.他说他在与一个摇滚乐歌星谈恋爱，我还以为他在开玩笑呢。
- I didn't mean it. I was only kidding.我并没有这个意思，我只是开开玩笑而已。
- kid somebody I'm not kidding you. It does work.我不是戏弄你，那的确有效。
- Don't look so worried—I was just kidding.别这么担心——我只是开玩笑。
- Oh come on, who are you trying to kid?.拜托，你想骗谁？
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
[transitive] to allow somebody/yourself to believe something that is not true欺骗；哄骗 synonym deceive
- kid somebody/yourself They're kidding themselves if they think it's going to be easy.如果他们认为这会很容易，那是自己欺骗自己。
- kid somebody/yourself (that)… I tried to kid myself (that) everything was normal.我试图让自己相信一切都正常。
More Like This Consonant-doubling verbs
Consonant-doubling verbs
- bob
- club
- dub
- grab
- rub
- sob
- throb
- kid
- nod
- pad
- plod
- prod
- shred
- skid
- thud
- beg
- blog
- bug
- drag
- drug
- flag
- hug
- jog
- log
- mug
- nag
- plug
- bar
- confer
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- refer
- star
- stir
- transfer
- acquit
- admit
- allot
- chat
- clot
- commit
- jut
- knit
- pat
- regret
- rot
- spot
- submit
- appal
- cancel
- channel
- control
- counsel
- enrol
- equal
- excel
- fuel
- fulfil
- label
- level
- marvel
- model
- pedal
- quarrel
- signal
- travel

词源verb early 19th cent.: perhaps from kid (noun), expressing the notion “make a child or goat of”.

Idioms

no kidding (informal)

used to emphasize that something is true or that you agree with something that somebody has just said（强调是真实的或同意别人刚说过的话）真的，可不是
- ‘It's cold!’ ‘No kidding!’“天气真冷！” “可不是！”
Topics Opinion and argumentc1
used to show that you mean what you are saying（表示认真）不是开玩笑，我说的是真的
- I want the money back tomorrow. No kidding.我希望明天钱就能退回来。这可不是开玩笑。

you’re kidding | you must be kidding

(informal) used to show that you are very surprised at something that somebody has just said（对对方刚说过的话感到非常惊奇）你是在开玩笑吧
- She fired you? You're kidding! Why?她解雇了你？你开玩笑吧！为什么？

kid

adjective

/kɪd/

(informal, especially North American English)

kid sister/brother a person’s younger sister/brother妹妹；弟弟Topics Family and relationshipsc1

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