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
- 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。 - Children can get some money from grown-ups as gifts.
孩子们可从大人那里得到一些钱作为礼物。 - Somewhere in this world, there must be grown-ups.
在这个世界上一定有成熟的人。 - I was making more money than most of the grown-ups around.
我赚的钱已经比附近的大人还多。 - I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.
我把我的杰作给大人们看,问他们我的画是不是让他们害怕? - It's full of good arguments against smoking, for kids and grown-ups.
这是反对吸烟很好的论据,无论孩子和大人都是一样的。 - We are introduced to the narrator, a pilot, and his ideas about grown-ups.
介绍我们的述说者,一个飞行员,和他对大人的看法。 - I think we are all grown-ups and we have the ability to manage our own affairs.
可我认为,我们都已经长大了,有能力管理自己的事情。 - Every day we had to greet her, and other grown-ups, with this salute.
我们每天见到她和其他大人,这个敬礼都不可不行。 - Go to bed now and let the grown-ups have a little time to themselves.
现在去睡觉吧,让大人有点时间做自己的事。