1 N-COUNT [oft NOUN n] 婴儿 An infant is a baby or very young child. 婴儿 [formal]
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...young mums with infants in prams.
用婴儿车推着宝宝的年轻妈妈
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The family were forced to flee with their infant son.
那家人被迫带着他们尚在襁褓中的儿子逃走了。
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...the infant mortality rate in Britain.
英国的婴儿夭折率
SYN baby, child, babe, toddler
2 N-COUNT [usually plural] (5-7岁的)幼儿 Infants are children between the ages of five and seven, who go to an infant school. (5-7岁的)幼儿 [British]
You use
the infants to refer to a school or class for such children.
幼儿园;幼儿班 3 ADJ [ADJ n] 供婴儿用的 Infant means designed especially for very young children. 供婴儿用的
4 ADJ [ADJ n] (组织、运动等)初期的,初创的 An infant organization or system is new and has not developed very much. (组织、运动等)初期的,初创的
SYN early, new, developing, young
Quotations
At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms William Shakespeare As You Like It
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