child
noun/tʃaɪld/
/tʃaɪld/
(plural children
Idioms /ˈtʃɪldrən/
/ˈtʃɪldrən/
)- a young human who is not yet an adult
儿童；小孩 - a child of 3/a 3-year-old child
三岁小孩 - men, women and children
男人、女人和儿童 - an organization that campaigns for the rights of the unborn child
为未出生的孩子争取权利的组织 - The film is not suitable for young children.
这部影片儿童不宜。 - I lived in London as a child.
我小时候住在伦敦。 - She was a child star but never made it as an adult.
她曾是童星，成年后却默默无闻。
Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Wordfinder- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
- teethe
Wordfinder- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
Wordfindersee also brainchild, latchkey kid, poster child, schoolchild, street child- antenatal
- child
- conception
- fetus
- maternity leave
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- pregnant
- scan
- womb
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1- Children grow up so quickly!
孩子们长得可真快！ - He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.
他在如何养育孩子方面还是旧观念。 - He's always been a problem child.
他一直是个问题儿童。 - My father died while I was still a small child.
我还是个小孩子的时候父亲就去世了。 - She works in a centre for delinquent children.
她在一个为有犯罪倾向的少年而设的中心工作。 - The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.
孩子们很不守规矩，在房子里跑来跑去，像是在自己家里一样。 - There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.
在城里比较贫困的地段有很多流浪儿童。 - What a precocious child—reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!
10岁就读简·奥斯汀的作品，真是早慧！ - You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.
你不能这样惯孩子，他要怎样的宠爱你就给怎样的宠爱。 - a child custody dispute between divorced parents
离异父母之间的子女监护权之争 - a school for gifted children
天才儿童学校 - good food for growing children
有利于孩子发育的食物 - tax concessions for families with dependent children
对有子女要抚养的家庭的税收减免 - the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development
确保儿童健康发育的情感联系 - All the children learn to swim from an early age.
所有的孩子从小就开始学习游泳。 - The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children.
本书的读者对象是学龄前儿童的家长。 - He took the children to Disneyland.
他带孩子们去迪士尼乐园。 - Will you put the children to bed?
你安顿孩子们睡觉好吗？ - It has been her dream since she was a child.
这是她从小的梦想。 - A family ticket (two adults and two children) costs £30.
家庭票（两名成人和两名儿童）售价 30 英镑。 - The product was developed with parents and children in mind.
该产品的开发考虑了父母和儿童的需求。 - All of her children and grandchildren were at the party.
她所有的孩子和孙子都参加了聚会。 - timeless images of mother and child
母亲和孩子的永恒形象 - Entrance is free for children.
儿童免费入场。 - The organization helps seriously ill children and their families.
该组织帮助患有重病的儿童及其家人。 - a campaign to increase dairy consumption among children
一项增加儿童乳制品消费的运动 - You're behaving like a child.
你的行为就像个孩子。 - He taught the children about the importance of nutrition and exercise.
他教导孩子们营养和锻炼的重要性。 - The law is in place to protect children.
法律是为了保护儿童而制定的。 - Arts Umbrella educates children in the visual and performing arts.
Arts Umbrella 教育孩子们视觉和表演艺术。 - In a small child, learning happens with repetition.
对于小孩子来说，学习是通过重复进行的。 - All children under the age of 11 were given free admission.
所有11岁以下的儿童均可免费入场。 - Children learn in different ways.
孩子们以不同的方式学习。 - She works as an illustrator of children's books.
她是一名儿童读物插画家。 - She grew up in children's homes and foster care
她在儿童之家和寄养所长大 - Fair Trade Certified means that men and women receive equal wages and that no child labor is used.
公平贸易认证意味着男性和女性获得同等工资并且不使用童工。 - All staff are aware of child protection issues.
所有员工都了解儿童保护问题。 - The government is aiming to halve child poverty in the next five years.
政府的目标是在未来五年内将儿童贫困率减少一半。 - Local authorities have the responsibility for child welfare.
地方当局有责任保护儿童福利。 - Child soldiers were used by all sides during the 14-year civil war.
在长达14年的内战中，各方都使用了儿童兵。 - They try to establish positive relationships with the children in their care.
他们试图与他们照顾的孩子建立积极的关系。 - parents of children with special needs
有特殊需要儿童的父母 - With the right support most children with special educational needs can be included successfully at a mainstream school.
通过适当的支持，大多数有特殊教育需要的儿童都可以成功进入主流学校。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- young
- …
- have
- bear
- give birth to
- …
- be born
- develop
- grow
- …
- actor
- bride
- soldier
- …
- with child
- a child of 3/a 3-year-old child
- a son or daughter of any age
儿子；女儿 - They have three grown-up children.
他们有三个成年的孩子。 - a support group for adult children of alcoholics
帮助酗酒者成年子女的小组 - They can't have children.
他们不能生孩子。
Extra Examples- She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.
她快到 40 岁才生了第一个孩子。 - She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.
她无法想象分娩时失去孩子的痛苦。 - Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.
他们的第一个孩子出生时有罕见的心脏病。 - They are expecting a child in June.
他们的孩子将在 6 月份出生。 - We had trouble conceiving our first child.
我们怀第一个孩子时不太顺利。 - We have three teenage children.
我们有 3 个十来岁的孩子。 - We've got three teenage children.
我们有三个十几岁的孩子。 - Once the children left home, they moved overseas.
孩子们离开家乡后，就移居海外。 - They have two children aged 21 and 17.
他们有两个孩子，分别为 21 岁和 17 岁。 - Most parents tend to raise their children in much the same way they were raised.
大多数父母倾向于以与他们被抚养长大的方式大致相同的方式抚养他们的孩子。 - When they moved abroad, they sent their children to boarding school.
当他们移居国外时，他们把孩子送到寄宿学校。 - My parents are coming to help take care of the children.
我的父母要来帮忙照顾孩子们。 - They share custody of their two young children.
他们共同抚养两个年幼的孩子。 - They moved to the country after the birth of their child.
孩子出生后，他们搬到了乡下。 - They tried to control their children's lives.
他们试图控制孩子的生活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- young
- …
- have
- bear
- give birth to
- …
- be born
- develop
- grow
- …
- actor
- bride
- soldier
- …
- with child
- They have three grown-up children.
- a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person
深受…影响的人 - a child of the 90s
属于 20 世纪 90 年代的人
- a child of the 90s
- (disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible
孩子气的人；幼稚的人；不负责任的人
Word OriginOld 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.
Idioms
be child’s play
- (informal) to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult
极容易做；轻而易举
be with child
- (old-fashioned) to be pregnant
怀孕；肚子大了 - big with child
快生孩子了
- big with child