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 acts as if he was a grownup.
  他举止行为像个大人似的。
• I guess I wasn't thinking like a* A grownup.
  我想我还不太像个大人。
• The enactment of new qualified teacher induction policy is an important issue for discussion in the field of teacher education. It confirms the significance of induction from the point of view of grownup of students and the development of schools.
  新教师入职培训政策的制定是教师教育一个重要的课题，它对于学生的成长和学校工作的发展与改进有很大的影响。
• Older couples, with grownup children of their own.
  几对上了年纪的夫妇和他们已长大成人的子女。
• You're starting to sound like a grownup.
  你说话听起来象个成年人了。
• 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。
• It was really frightening for a9-year-old boy to confront a grownup.
  这样的事对一个9岁的小男孩来说是觉得挺委屈的。
• And he needed a grownup to help.
  他需要一个成年人来帮助他。
• 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。