adult

noun

OPAL S

/ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/

/əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/

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a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions synonym grown-up2
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- I simply can't believe that responsible adults allowed a child to wander the streets.
- Why can't you two act like civilized adults?
- The obesity rate among adults has actually increased.
Extra Examples
- The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years.
- This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young adults.
- What consenting adults do in private is their own business.
Topics Life stagesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- young
- single
- consenting
- …
adult + noun
- education
- literacy
- population
- …
See full entry
a fully grown animal
- The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed.

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.

adult

adjective

OPAL S

/ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/

/əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/

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fully grown or developed
- preparing young people for adult life
- He was a healthy young adult male.
- the adult population
- adult monkeys
- She spent her entire adult life caring for others.
behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult synonym grown-up1
- When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.
- Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation.
[only before noun] (of a film, magazine, book, etc.) intended for adults only because it is about sex or shows people with no clothes on
- an adult movie

单词	adult
释义	adult noun OPAL S /ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/ /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/ jump to other results a fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions synonym grown-up2 Children must be accompanied by an adult. I simply can't believe that responsible adults allowed a child to wander the streets. Why can't you two act like civilized adults? The obesity rate among adults has actually increased. Extra Examples The number of single adult households has doubled in the past 30 years. This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young adults. What consenting adults do in private is their own business. Topics Life stagesa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective young single consenting … adult + noun education literacy population … See full entry a fully grown animal The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’. adult adjective OPAL S /ˈædʌlt/, /əˈdʌlt/ /əˈdʌlt/, /ˈædʌlt/ jump to other results fully grown or developed preparing young people for adult life He was a healthy young adult male. the adult population adult monkeys She spent her entire adult life caring for others. behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult synonym grown-up1 When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open. Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation. [only before noun] (of a film, magazine, book, etc.) intended for adults only because it is about sex or shows people with no clothes on an adult movie see also adulthood Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.
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