grown-ups
英 [ɡrəʊn ʌps]
美 [ɡroʊn ʌps]
n. 大人; 成人
grown-up的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (用作儿语)成年人,大人
Agrown-upis an adult; used by or to children.- Jan was almost a grown-up...
简都快是个大人了。 - Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.
告诉孩子们,如果被人欺负就告诉大人。
- Jan was almost a grown-up...
- ADJ 成熟的;成年的;长大的
Someone who isgrown-upis physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
我的几个孩子已经长大成人并且事业有成。
- I have grown-up children who're doing well.
- ADJ-GRADED 似成人的;成熟的
If you say that someone isgrown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child.- She's very grown-up.
她表现得很像个大人。
- She's very grown-up.
- ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的;成人的
Grown-upthings seem suitable for or typical of adults.- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。 - She talked in a grown-up manner.
她说起话来像个大人。
- Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup,用作名词时up不重读。
双语例句
- But as a child, he was always putting on plays for the grown-ups.
但是作为一个孩子的时候,他总是把戏剧为大人了。 - Somewhere in this world, there must be grown-ups.
在这个世界上一定有成熟的人。 - Every day we had to greet her, and other grown-ups, with this salute.
我们每天见到她和其他大人,这个敬礼都不可不行。 - Perhaps Big Boss hates "grown-ups" because he hates other people telling him what to do?
也许大首领痛恨“长大了的人”因为他厌恶其他人告诉他什么该做? - You're not grown-ups; you're just children.
你们还没长大,只是孩子。 - Any one of the boys can do what the two grown-ups are doing.
这些男孩中随便哪一个都能干那两个成年人在干的活。 - Grown-ups are not attracted to watching cartoons anymore.
成年人再也不喜欢看动画片。 - We are introduced to the narrator, a pilot, and his ideas about grown-ups.
介绍我们的述说者,一个飞行员,和他对大人的看法。 - Grown-ups can use these methods to quit smoking, or stick to a diet, or save money.
成年人可以用这些方法戒烟、控制饮食或是省钱。 - And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要!