Child
[tʃaɪld]
解释:
(noun.) a young person of either sex; 'she writes books for children'; 'they're just kids'; '`tiddler' is a British term for youngster'.
(noun.) a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; 'they had three children'; 'they were able to send their kids to college'.
(noun.) an immature childish person; 'he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived'; 'stop being a baby!'.
(noun.) a member of a clan or tribe; 'the children of Israel'.
海伦娜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
(n.) A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
(n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
(n.) A noble youth. See Childe.
(n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
(n.) A female infant.
(v. i.) To give birth; to produce young.
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同义词及近义词:
n. [pl. Children.] [1]. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, bairn, little one.[2]. Young person.[3]. Offspring, issue, progeny.
录入:莱斯特
解释:
n. an infant or very young person: (Shak.) a female infant: one intimately related to one older: expressing origin or relation e.g. child of the East child of shame child of God &c.: a disciple: a youth of gentle birth esp. in ballads &c.—sometimes Childe and Chylde: (pl.) offspring: descendants: inhabitants:—pl. Chil′dren.—ns. Child′-bear′ing the act of bringing forth children; Child′bed the state of a woman brought to bed with child; Child′birth the giving birth to a child: parturition; Child′-crow′ing a nervous affection with spasm of the muscles closing the glottis.—adj. Child′ed (Shak.) possessed of a child.—n. Child′hood state of being a child: the time of one's being a child.—adjs. Child′ing (Shak.) fruitful teeming; Child′ish of or like a child: silly: trifling.—adv. Child′ishly.—ns. Child′ishness Child′ness what is natural to a child: puerility.—adjs. Child′less without children; Child′-like like a child: becoming a child: docile: innocent.—n. Child′-wife a very young wife.—Child's play something very easy to do: something slight.—From or Of a Child since the days of childhood.—Second childhood the childishness of old age.—With child pregnant e.g. Get with child Be or Go with child.
整理:凯蒂
例句:
- You naughty, wicked child,--you've been stealing this! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- O child, the human heart _can_ suffer! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- My son Johnny, named so after his uncle, was at the grammar-school, and a towardly child. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- We do not have to draw out or educe positive activities from a child, as some educational doctrines would have it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- She was rather surprised at Dr. Donaldson's early visit, and perplexed by the anxious faces of husband and child. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- They say that hardly a native child in all the East is free from sore eyes, and that thousands of them go blind of one eye or both every year. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- When Mr Crich heard that Gudrun Brangwen might come to help Winifred with her drawing and modelling he saw a road to salvation for his child. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I should then have done all that a man in my position could do to serve the interests of my old friend's only child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was a child singing a merry, lightsome air; there was no other sound. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- She rose and held up the child kicking and crowing in her arMs. Do you know who this is, Walter? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He had only to describe himself as a seven months' child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Love, and her child, Hope, which can bestow wealth on poverty, strength on the weak, and happiness on the sorrowing. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- If God would give me back my children, then I could pray. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Don't tell me, Mrs. Archer would say to her children, all this modern newspaper rubbish about a New York aristocracy. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- His place is there as well as yours, and the children need him. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- He was very imperious, and harsh to the children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Not to mention that women and children are most subject to pity, as being most guided by that faculty. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I am sure she will be pleased with the children. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- We were sidetracked for a long time this side of Mestre and children came and peeked in. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- He used to tell me that I was the most beautiful woman in Louisiana, he was so proud of me and the children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Can it give me back my children, or make me what I used to be? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I bemoaned my desolate widow and fatherless children. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- If she leaves no children---- Which she is likely to do? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- How many children had this man? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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