1 N-COUNT 婴儿;婴孩 A
baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
婴儿;婴孩 -
She used to take care of me when I was a baby.
我还在襁褓中时,她曾经照顾过我。
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My wife has just had a baby.
我妻子刚生了孩子。
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Claire had to dress her baby sister.
克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
2 N-COUNT [usually NOUN n] (动物)幼崽;幼兽;幼鸟 A
baby animal is a very young animal.
(动物)幼崽;幼兽;幼鸟 -
...a baby elephant.
幼象
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...baby birds.
雏鸟
3 ADJ [ADJ n] (蔬菜)幼嫩的 Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
(蔬菜)幼嫩的 4 N-VOC; N-COUNT [usually singular] 宝贝儿(昵称,尤用于年轻女性) Some people use
baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them.
宝贝儿(昵称,尤用于年轻女性) [informal] -
You have to wake up now, baby.
该起床了,宝贝儿。
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He was confused, poor baby.
他都懵了,可怜的家伙。
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉;将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃;不分好坏地全盘抛弃 If you
throw the baby out with the bath water, you lose the good parts of something as well as the bad parts, because you reject it as a whole instead of just removing what is bad.
把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉;将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃;不分好坏地全盘抛弃 [informal] 6 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 替他人擦屁股;替别人干苦差事 If you
are left holding the baby, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it.
替他人擦屁股;替别人干苦差事 [British, informal] in AM, use 美国英语用 be left holding the bag
Quotations
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on Carl Sandburg Remembrance Rock Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to home base Louise J. Kaplan Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one Leo Burke baby: a misshapen creature of no particular age, sex or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary Word Partnership | Use baby with: |
N. | baby boy/girl/sister, baby clothes, baby food, baby names, baby talk 1 |
VERB. | deliver a baby, have a baby 1 |
ADJ. | new/newborn baby, unborn baby 1 |
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