child

noun

/tʃaɪld/

(plural children

/ˈtʃɪldrən/

)

Idioms

a young human who is not yet an adult儿童；小孩
- a child of 3/a 3-year-old child三岁的孩子
- men, women and children男人、女人及儿童
- an organization that campaigns for the rights of the unborn child为未出生的孩子争取权利的组织
- The film is not suitable for young children.这部电影儿童不宜。
- I lived in London as a child.我小时候住在伦敦。
- She was a child star but never made it as an adult.她曾是童星，成年后却默默无闻。
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
Wordfinder
- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
- teethe
Wordfinder
- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
Wordfinder
- antenatal
- child
- conception
- fetus
- maternity leave
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- pregnant
- scan
- womb
see also brainchild, latchkey kid, poster child, schoolchild, street child
- Children grow up so quickly!孩子们长得可真快！
- He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.他在如何养育孩子方面还是旧观念。
- He's always been a problem child.他一直是个问题儿童。
- My father died while I was still a small child.我还是个小孩子的时候父亲就去世了。
- She works in a centre for delinquent children.她在一个为有犯罪倾向的少年而设的中心工作。
- The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.孩子们很不守规矩，在房子里跑来跑去，像是在自己家里一样。
- There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.在城里比较贫困的地段有很多流浪儿童。
- What a precocious child—reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!10岁就读简·奥斯汀的作品，真是早慧！
- You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.你不能这样惯孩子，他要怎样的宠爱你就给怎样的宠爱。
- a child custody dispute between divorced parents离异父母之间的子女监护权之争
- a school for gifted children天才儿童学校
- good food for growing children有利于孩子发育的食物
- tax concessions for families with dependent children对有子女要抚养的家庭的税收减免
- the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development确保儿童健康发育的情感联系
- All the children learn to swim from an early age.所有的孩子从小就学习游泳。
- The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children.这本书是针对学龄前儿童的父母的。
- He took the children to Disneyland.他带孩子们去了迪斯尼乐园。
- Will you put the children to bed?你安顿孩子们睡觉好吗？
- It has been her dream since she was a child.从小就是她的梦想。
- A family ticket (two adults and two children) costs £30.一张家庭票(两个大人两个孩子)30。
- The product was developed with parents and children in mind.该产品是在考虑到父母和孩子的情况下开发的。
- All of her children and grandchildren were at the party. 她的所有子女和孙辈都参加了聚会。
- timeless images of mother and child母亲和孩子的永恒形象
- Entrance is free for children.儿童免费入场。
- The organization helps seriously ill children and their families.该组织帮助重病儿童及其家人。
- a campaign to increase dairy consumption among children增加儿童乳制品消费的运动
- You're behaving like a child.你表现得像个孩子。
- He taught the children about the importance of nutrition and exercise.他教孩子们营养和锻炼的重要性。
- The law is in place to protect children.法律是用来保护儿童的。
- Arts Umbrella educates children in the visual and performing arts.艺术伞在视觉和表演艺术方面教育孩子。
- In a small child, learning happens with repetition.在小孩子身上，学习伴随着重复发生。
- All children under the age of 11 were given free admission.所有11岁以下的儿童都可以免费入场。
- Children learn in different ways.孩子们以不同的方式学习。
- She works as an illustrator of children's books.她是儿童书籍的插图画家。
- She grew up in children's homes and foster care她在儿童之家和寄养家庭长大
- Fair Trade Certified means that men and women receive equal wages and that no child labor is used.公平贸易认证意味着男女工资平等，没有使用童工。
- All staff are aware of child protection issues.所有工作人员都意识到儿童保护问题。
- The government is aiming to halve child poverty in the next five years.政府的目标是在未来五年内将儿童贫困减半。
- Local authorities have the responsibility for child welfare.地方当局对儿童福利负有责任。
- Child soldiers were used by all sides during the 14-year civil war.在长达14年的内战中，各方都使用了儿童兵。
- They try to establish positive relationships with the children in their care.他们试图与他们照顾的孩子建立积极的关系。
- parents of children with special needs有特殊需求儿童的父母
- With the right support most children with special educational needs can be included successfully at a mainstream school.在适当的支持下，大多数有特殊教育需求的儿童可以成功地被纳入主流学校。
Topics Life stagesa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- little
- small
- young
- …
verb + child
- have
- bear
- give birth to
- …
child + verb
- be born
- develop
- grow
- …
child + noun
- actor
- bride
- soldier
- …
preposition
- with child
a son or daughter of any age儿子；女儿
- They have three grown-up children.他们有三个成年的孩子。
- a support group for adult children of alcoholics帮助酗酒者成年子女的小组
- They can't have children.他们不能生孩子。
see also godchild, grandchild, love child, only child, stepchild compare kid
- She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.她快到 40 岁才生了第一个孩子。
- She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.她无法想象分娩时失去孩子的痛苦。
- Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.他们的第一个孩子出生时有罕见的心脏病。
- They are expecting a child in June.他们的孩子将在 6 月份出生。
- We had trouble conceiving our first child.我们怀第一个孩子时不太顺利。
- We have three teenage children.我们有 3 个十来岁的孩子。
- We've got three teenage children.我们有三个十几岁的孩子。
- Once the children left home, they moved overseas.孩子们一离开家，就移居海外。
- They have two children aged 21 and 17.他们有两个孩子，分别是21岁和17岁。
- Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised.大多数父母倾向于像抚养孩子一样抚养孩子。
- When they moved abroad, they sent their children to boarding school.当他们移居国外时，他们把孩子送到寄宿学校。
- My parents are coming to help take care of the children.我父母要来帮忙照顾孩子。
- They share custody of their two young children.他们共同监护两个年幼的孩子。
- They moved to the country after the birth of their child.孩子出生后，他们搬到了乡下。
- They tried to control their children's lives.他们试图控制孩子的生活。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- little
- small
- young
- …
verb + child
- have
- bear
- give birth to
- …
child + verb
- be born
- develop
- grow
- …
child + noun
- actor
- bride
- soldier
- …
preposition
- with child
a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person深受…影响的人
- a child of the 90s属于 20 世纪 90 年代的人
(disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible孩子气的人；幼稚的人；不负责任的人

词源Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren.

Idioms

be child’s play

(informal) to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult极容易做；轻而易举

be with child

(old-fashioned) to be pregnant怀孕；有喜
- big with child快生孩子了
Topics Life stagesc2

词汇	child
释义	child noun /tʃaɪld/ /tʃaɪld/ (plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ /ˈtʃɪldrən/ ) Idioms a young human who is not yet an adult儿童；小孩 a child of 3/a 3-year-old child三岁的孩子 men, women and children男人、女人及儿童 an organization that campaigns for the rights of the unborn child为未出生的孩子争取权利的组织 The film is not suitable for young children.这部电影儿童不宜。 I lived in London as a child.我小时候住在伦敦。 She was a child star but never made it as an adult.她曾是童星，成年后却默默无闻。 Collocations ChildrenChildren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 Wordfinder baby birth child dummy feed incubator nappy pram premature teethe Wordfinder adopt child family generation heir in-laws parent relation stepfamily surrogate mother Wordfinder antenatal child conception fetus maternity leave miscarriage morning sickness pregnant scan womb see also brainchild, latchkey kid, poster child, schoolchild, street child Children grow up so quickly!孩子们长得可真快！ He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.他在如何养育孩子方面还是旧观念。 He's always been a problem child.他一直是个问题儿童。 My father died while I was still a small child.我还是个小孩子的时候父亲就去世了。 She works in a centre for delinquent children.她在一个为有犯罪倾向的少年而设的中心工作。 The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.孩子们很不守规矩，在房子里跑来跑去，像是在自己家里一样。 There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.在城里比较贫困的地段有很多流浪儿童。 What a precocious child—reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!10岁就读简·奥斯汀的作品，真是早慧！ You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.你不能这样惯孩子，他要怎样的宠爱你就给怎样的宠爱。 a child custody dispute between divorced parents离异父母之间的子女监护权之争 a school for gifted children天才儿童学校 good food for growing children有利于孩子发育的食物 tax concessions for families with dependent children对有子女要抚养的家庭的税收减免 the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development确保儿童健康发育的情感联系 All the children learn to swim from an early age.所有的孩子从小就学习游泳。 The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children.这本书是针对学龄前儿童的父母的。 He took the children to Disneyland.他带孩子们去了迪斯尼乐园。 Will you put the children to bed?你安顿孩子们睡觉好吗？ It has been her dream since she was a child.从小就是她的梦想。 A family ticket (two adults and two children) costs £30.一张家庭票(两个大人两个孩子)30。 The product was developed with parents and children in mind.该产品是在考虑到父母和孩子的情况下开发的。 All of her children and grandchildren were at the party. 她的所有子女和孙辈都参加了聚会。 timeless images of mother and child母亲和孩子的永恒形象 Entrance is free for children.儿童免费入场。 The organization helps seriously ill children and their families.该组织帮助重病儿童及其家人。 a campaign to increase dairy consumption among children增加儿童乳制品消费的运动 You're behaving like a child.你表现得像个孩子。 He taught the children about the importance of nutrition and exercise.他教孩子们营养和锻炼的重要性。 The law is in place to protect children.法律是用来保护儿童的。 Arts Umbrella educates children in the visual and performing arts.艺术伞在视觉和表演艺术方面教育孩子。 In a small child, learning happens with repetition.在小孩子身上，学习伴随着重复发生。 All children under the age of 11 were given free admission.所有11岁以下的儿童都可以免费入场。 Children learn in different ways.孩子们以不同的方式学习。 She works as an illustrator of children's books.她是儿童书籍的插图画家。 She grew up in children's homes and foster care她在儿童之家和寄养家庭长大 Fair Trade Certified means that men and women receive equal wages and that no child labor is used.公平贸易认证意味着男女工资平等，没有使用童工。 All staff are aware of child protection issues.所有工作人员都意识到儿童保护问题。 The government is aiming to halve child poverty in the next five years.政府的目标是在未来五年内将儿童贫困减半。 Local authorities have the responsibility for child welfare.地方当局对儿童福利负有责任。 Child soldiers were used by all sides during the 14-year civil war.在长达14年的内战中，各方都使用了儿童兵。 They try to establish positive relationships with the children in their care.他们试图与他们照顾的孩子建立积极的关系。 parents of children with special needs有特殊需求儿童的父母 With the right support most children with special educational needs can be included successfully at a mainstream school.在适当的支持下，大多数有特殊教育需求的儿童可以成功地被纳入主流学校。 Topics Life stagesa1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective little small young … verb + child have bear give birth to … child + verb be born develop grow … child + noun actor bride soldier … preposition with child a son or daughter of any age儿子；女儿 They have three grown-up children.他们有三个成年的孩子。 a support group for adult children of alcoholics帮助酗酒者成年子女的小组 They can't have children.他们不能生孩子。 see also godchild, grandchild, love child, only child, stepchild compare kid She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.她快到 40 岁才生了第一个孩子。 She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.她无法想象分娩时失去孩子的痛苦。 Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.他们的第一个孩子出生时有罕见的心脏病。 They are expecting a child in June.他们的孩子将在 6 月份出生。 We had trouble conceiving our first child.我们怀第一个孩子时不太顺利。 We have three teenage children.我们有 3 个十来岁的孩子。 We've got three teenage children.我们有三个十几岁的孩子。 Once the children left home, they moved overseas.孩子们一离开家，就移居海外。 They have two children aged 21 and 17.他们有两个孩子，分别是21岁和17岁。 Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised.大多数父母倾向于像抚养孩子一样抚养孩子。 When they moved abroad, they sent their children to boarding school.当他们移居国外时，他们把孩子送到寄宿学校。 My parents are coming to help take care of the children.我父母要来帮忙照顾孩子。 They share custody of their two young children.他们共同监护两个年幼的孩子。 They moved to the country after the birth of their child.孩子出生后，他们搬到了乡下。 They tried to control their children's lives.他们试图控制孩子的生活。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective little small young … verb + child have bear give birth to … child + verb be born develop grow … child + noun actor bride soldier … preposition with child a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person深受…影响的人 a child of the 90s属于 20 世纪 90 年代的人 (disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible孩子气的人；幼稚的人；不负责任的人词源Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren. Idioms be child’s play (informal) to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult极容易做；轻而易举 be with child (old-fashioned) to be pregnant怀孕；有喜 big with child快生孩子了 Topics Life stagesc2
随便看	most self deprecatory most self destruct most self determined most self determining most self disciplined most self doubting most self drive most self educated most self educating most self employed most self evident most self examining most self explaining most self explanatory most self expressive most self fulfilling most self help most self helpful most self important most self imposed most self improvable most self improving most self induced most self indulgent most self inflicted