a young human being below the age of full physical development 小孩,儿童 ■a son or daughter at any age 儿子;女儿 ■an immature or irresponsible person 幼稚的人;不负责任的人 she's such a child!. 她真幼稚!。 ■a person who has little or no experience in a particular area 缺经验的人;毫无经验的人 he's a child in financial matters. 他对于理财毫无经验。 ■(children)the descendants of a family or people 子孙;后裔 the children of Abraham. 亚伯拉罕的子孙。 ■(child of)a person or thing regarded as the product of a specified influence or environment 产物 a child of the Sixties. 60年代的产物。
常用词组 child's play
a task which is easily accomplished 小孩子把戏,小事一桩
from a child
since childhood 自幼
with child
(formal)pregnant (正式)怀孕
派生 childless adjective childlessness noun 语源
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