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

• 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。
• Look at you all grownup.-Well, actually, you know what?
  瞧瞧你就像个大人-事实上，你知道吗？
• What's so great about being a grownup anyway?
  做一个成人有什么好的？
• Like Continental bars where customers go for a caf é cortado or an espresso, Freeman is aiming for a grownup coffee place, all walnut and marble.
  就像以意大利浓咖啡和cortado咖啡著称的Continental一样，弗里曼希望将洛克菲勒中心店建成高级咖啡胜地，完全以胡桃木和大理石装修。
• The grownup, however, is not so wise. As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He tries to protect the sandy monument.
  然而，这位成年人，当岁月的巨浪击毁他的承包，他害怕了，他试图保护这沙质纪念碑。
• Nowadays more and more students begin to try part-time jobs after school, which shows they have grownup and intend to support them by their own efforts.
  眼下，越来越多的在校生在课余做一些兼职工作，这表示他们已经长大了，打算用自己的努力来维持生活。
• Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup!
  我不是才刚进入这个两人的世界吗？天哪，我已经是个结过婚的女人了？已经是个大人了耶！
• And he needed a grownup to help.
  他需要一个成年人来帮助他。
• He is a grownup baby, as it were.
  他可以说是一个大孩子了。
• 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。