child
/tʃaɪld/noun
(pl. children)
1- a young human being below the age of full physical development小孩, 儿童。
1.1
- a son or daughter at any age儿子; 女儿。
1.2
- an immature or irresponsible person幼稚的人; 不负责任的人：
she's such a child!
她真幼稚！
1.3
- 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。
1.4
children
the descendants of a family or people子孙; 后裔：the children of Abraham.
亚伯拉罕的子孙。
1.5
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。
短语
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。
派生词
childless
adjectivechildlessness
noun词源
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.