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

• 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。
• 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。
• She could pass for thirty but I happen to know she's got a grownup son.
  她酷似30岁，但我碰巧得知她已有一个成年的儿子。
• 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。
• A grownup man sitting at home watching tv.
  一个成人还坐在家里看电视。
• And it did not seem to be an accident. school, it was implied, was tedious because it was preparation for grownup work.
  而且这不像是一个意外。学校，也包括在内，是单调乏味的，因为它是在为以后的工作做准备。
• I guess I wasn't thinking like a* A grownup.
  我想我还不太像个大人。
• 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。
• What's so great about being a grownup anyway?
  做一个成人有什么好的？
• You're starting to sound like a grownup.
  你说话听起来象个成年人了。