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baby
n
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(a) very young child or animal 婴儿; 幼小的动物
Both mother and baby are doing well. 母子均平安.
[attrib 作定语]
a ,baby `boy/`girl 男婴[女婴]
a baby thrush, monkey, crocodile 幼小的鸫、猴子、 鱼.
(b) (infml 口) youngest member of a family or group 家庭或团体中最年幼的成员
He´s the baby of the team. 他在队里最年轻.
(c) childish or timid person 孩子气的人; 胆怯的人
Stop crying and don´t be such a baby. 别哭了, 不要这样孩子气.
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(a) (sl 俚 esp US) young woman, esp a man´s girl-friend 姑娘; (尤指男子的)女友.
(b) (US sl 俚) person 人.
3 [attrib 作定语]
very small of its kind 小型的: a baby car 小型汽车.
4 (idm 习语) be ,one´s `baby (infml 口) be sth that one has created or has in one´s care 由某人造成的事物; 归某人管的事物
It´s your baby, ie You must deal with it.这是你干的(应由你来处理). leave sb holding the baby => leave1. smooth as a baby´s bottom => smooth1. start a baby => start2. throw the baby out with the bath water foolishly discard a valuable idea, plan, etc at the same time as one is getting rid of sth unpleasant or undesirable 把婴儿和洗澡水一齐倒掉(在把不想要或不需要的东西扔掉的同时, 也愚蠢地抛弃了有价值的意见、计划等); 在去其糟粕的同时, 也丢掉了精华. baby, v (pt, pp babied) [Tn]
treat (sb) like a baby; pamper 把(某人)当成小孩; 纵容
Don´t baby him. 不要纵容他.
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