| 单词 | baby |
| 释义 | baby (beɪbi ) Word forms: babies , babying, babied 1. countable noun A1 A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk. She used to take care of me when I was a baby. My wife has just had a baby. Claire had to dress her baby sister. Synonyms: child, infant, babe, wean [Scottish] 2. countable noun [usually NOUN noun] A2 A baby animal is a very young animal. ...a baby elephant. ...baby birds. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small. Serve with baby new potatoes. Synonyms: small, little, minute, tiny 4. countable noun [usually singular] Some people use baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them. [informal] You have to wake up now, baby. He was confused, poor baby. Synonyms: darling, love, dear, dearest 5. to throw the baby out with the bath water phrase [VERB inflects] If you throw the baby out with the bath water, you lose the good parts of something as well as the bad parts, because you reject it as a whole instead of just removing what is bad. [informal] 6. be left holding the baby phrase [VERB inflects] If you are left holding the baby, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it. [British, informal] You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby. 7. verb If you baby someone, you treat them like a very young child, by doing things for them that they can do themselves. I get babied a lot by my sisters and my Mum and Dad. They never babied me, unless I was really ill. He goaded some players and babied others, depending on their temperament. Quotations: A baby is God's opinion that life should go onRemembrance Rock Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the lastNicholas Nickleby The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to home baseOneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one baby: a misshapen creature of no particular age, sex or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotionThe Devil's Dictionary Idioms: like taking candy from a baby very easy Stealing the stuff was like taking candy from a baby. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw the baby out with the bath water to reject something completely, the good parts as well as the bad Even if we don't necessarily like that, we're not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers leave someone holding the baby [British] to make someone responsible for a problem that nobody else wants to deal with. The usual American expression is leave someone holding the bag. If anything goes wrong on this, Agnes, it's you and I who'll be left holding the baby. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: miracle baby He's our very own miracle baby. The Sun (2014) Mum and Dad nicknamed him 'the miracle baby' after being born early. The Sun (2012) I was overwhelmed with love for this miracle baby. The Sun (2006) Translations: Chinese: 婴儿 Japanese: 赤ん坊 |
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