grown-ups
英 [ɡrəʊn ʌps]
美 [ɡroʊn ʌps]
n. 大人; 成人
grown-up的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (用作儿语)成年人,大人
Agrown-upis an adult; used by or to children.- Jan was almost a grown-up...
简都快是个大人了。 - Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.
告诉孩子们,如果被人欺负就告诉大人。
- Jan was almost a grown-up...
- ADJ 成熟的;成年的;长大的
Someone who isgrown-upis physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
我的几个孩子已经长大成人并且事业有成。
- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
- ADJ-GRADED 似成人的;成熟的
If you say that someone isgrown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.- She's very grown-up.
她表现得很像个大人。
- She's very grown-up.
- ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的;成人的
Grown-upthings seem suitable for or typical of adults.- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。 - She talked in a grown-up manner.
她说起话来像个大人。
- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup,用作名词时up不重读。
双语例句
- Even grown-ups can't lift it, to say nothing of children.
大人尚且举不起来,何况小孩子。 - Grown-ups with their little ones, enjoying every minute.
大人和孩子,享受着每时每刻。 - Grown-ups are not attracted to watching cartoons anymore.
成年人再也不喜欢看动画片。 - The kids went to the park while we grown-ups sat in the garden.
孩子们去了公园,我们大人在花园里坐着。 - This meeting is for grown-ups only.
这次聚会只许成年人参加。 - Grown-ups can use these methods to quit smoking, or stick to a diet, or save money.
成年人可以用这些方法戒烟、控制饮食或是省钱。 - Because, says Papa, this meeting is for grown-ups.
因为,熊爸爸说,这是个成人会议。 - Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old.
或许,我已经有点像那些大人,已经变老了。 - Our party was composed of three grown-ups and four children.
我们这组是由三个成年人和四个孩子组成的。 - The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。