grownup

英

美

adj.  成熟的；成人的
n.  成年人；大人

复数：grownups　第三人称单数：grownups　

BNC.44628

柯林斯词典

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。


• N-COUNT （用作儿语）成年人，大人
  Agrown-upis an adult; used by or to children.
  1. Jan was almost a grown-up...
     简都快是个大人了。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. She's very grown-up.
     她表现得很像个大人。
• ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的；成人的
  Grown-upthings seem suitable for or typical of adults.
  1. Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...
     她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。
  2. She talked in a grown-up manner.
     她说起话来像个大人。

英英释义

noun

• a fully developed person from maturity onward
  Synonym:adult

adj

• (of animals) fully developed
  1. an adult animal
  2. a grown woman
  Synonym:adultbigfull-grownfully growngrown

双语例句

• Small differences in height, build and even personality will become more and more apparent as the twins grownup and reach maturity.
  因此，在双胞胎长大、乃至成人后，一些在身高、身材、甚至是性格上的细微差异会越来越明显。
• He's a kid, who manages to survive and even win while making mistakes and floundering around, just like any kid ( or grownup, for that matter).
  他是一个一边犯错误，一边学会生存及成长的孩子，就象任何孩子（或成人，面对这种问题）一样。
• Don't be fresh with me; impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup; an impudent boy given to insulting strangers.
  不要对我无礼；需要教训一通的冒失孩子；惯于冒犯陌生人的无礼男孩。
• He is a grownup baby, as it were.
  他可以说是一个大孩子了。
• Nowadays more and more students begin to try part-time jobs after school, which shows they have grownup and intend to support them by their own efforts.
  眼下，越来越多的在校生在课余做一些兼职工作，这表示他们已经长大了，打算用自己的努力来维持生活。
• I felt sure that I could be a grownup if only my parents would get out of my way.
  我肯定，只要父母不阻挠，我一定可以做个大人。
• Don't put yourself into grownup situations again until you grow up.
  直到长大以前，不要把自己放在成人的环境里。
• I am a grownup.
  我是大人了。
• Is this what it means to be grownup, to be free, but are we really free?
  这是否意味着成长、自由？然而我们是否拥有真正的自由呢？
• Like Continental bars where customers go for a caf é cortado or an espresso, Freeman is aiming for a grownup coffee place, all walnut and marble.
  就像以意大利浓咖啡和cortado咖啡著称的Continental一样，弗里曼希望将洛克菲勒中心店建成高级咖啡胜地，完全以胡桃木和大理石装修。