baby

baby

noun

1. a project of personal concern to someone

e.g. this project is his baby

2. a very young mammal

e.g. baby rabbits

3. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Synonym: babesister

4. the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)

e.g. the baby of the family
the baby of the Supreme Court

5. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

e.g. the baby began to cry again
she held the baby in her arms
it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different

Synonym: babeinfant

6. an unborn child
a human fetus

e.g. I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby
it was great to feel my baby moving about inside

7. an immature childish person

e.g. he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
stop being a baby!

Synonym: child

verb

1. treat with excessive indulgence

e.g. grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Synonym: pamperfeatherbedcossetcockercoddlemollycoddlespoilindulge

1. 婴儿；婴孩
A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.

e.g. 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。
e.g. My wife has just had a baby...
我妻子刚生了孩子。

2. （动物）幼崽；幼兽；幼鸟
A baby animal is a very young animal.

e.g. ...a baby elephant.
幼象
e.g. ...baby birds.
雏鸟

3. （蔬菜）幼嫩的
Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.

e.g. Serve with baby new potatoes.
配上小个的新土豆。

4. 宝贝儿（昵称，尤用于年轻女性）
Some people use baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them.

baby的翻译

e.g. You have to wake up now, baby...
该起床了，宝贝儿。
e.g. He was confused, poor baby.
他都懵了，可怜的家伙。

5. 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 you throw 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.

6. 替他人擦屁股；替别人干苦差事
If you are 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.

e.g. 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。

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