CHILD1 a child2 someone's son or daughter3 a child whose parents have died4 the time when someone is a childRELATED WORDSa young person aged 11-18 11至18岁的年轻人YOUNGsee alsoADULTBABYFATHERMOTHER1 a child 儿童，小孩child /tʃaɪld/ [countable noun]a young person from the time they are born until they are aged about 14 or 15 〔14或15岁前的〕儿童，小孩 How many children are there in your class? 你们班有多少个小孩子？ Children under 14 travel free. 14岁以下的小孩乘车免费。 Every child was given a present. 每个小孩都拿到了礼物。as a child As a child, she preferred playing football with the boys to playing with dolls. 孩提时代她喜欢与男孩子一起踢足球，而不是玩娃娃。child prodigya child who is extremely good at doing something, for example playing music or speaking languages, from a very young age 〔音乐、语言等〕神童 While growing up in North Carolina, Amos was considered a child prodigy on the piano. 阿莫斯在北卡罗莱纳州长大，当时被人认为是钢琴神童。child developmentthe way a child grows and learns new skills 儿童成长 After her first baby was born, Barb read child development books constantly. 第一个孩子出生以后，巴布不断阅读有关儿童成长的书。child carewhen someone looks after children while their parents work 托儿服务 The state will provide child care when both parents participate in the training program. 该州在父母俩同时参加培训计划时提供托儿服务。child abusecruel or violent treatment of children by adults 虐待儿童 Nationwide, only one in four cases of child abuse and neglect is reported. 在全国范围内，仅有四分之一虐待和疏忽照料儿童的案件被举报。kid /kɪd/ [countable noun]informala child 【非正式】小孩 Jamie's a bright kid. 杰米是个聪明的孩子。 I really enjoy working with kids. 我着实喜欢与小孩子打交道。 When we were kids, we used to spend practically the whole summer outdoors. 小时候，整个夏天我们几乎都是在户外度过的。just a kid Don't be so hard on him - he's just a kid. 别对他那么严——他还是孩子。boy /bɔɪ/ [countable noun]a male child 男孩 I used to live in Spain when I was a boy. 我小时候住在西班牙。 Harry teaches in a boys’ school in Glasgow. 哈里在格拉斯哥一所男童学校教书。 He put a hand on the boy's shoulder and walked with him down the hall. 他把手搭在男孩的肩上，一起朝走廊的另一头走去。little boya very young boy 小男孩 Why don't you go play with that little boy over there? 你为什么不到那边去和那个小男孩玩？girl /gɜːʳl/ [countable noun]a female child 女孩 What's that girl's name? 那女孩叫什么名字? More girls play sports now than when I was younger. 和我年轻时相比，现在较多女孩子进行体育运动。 Beth is one of the most popular girls in her class. 贝丝是班上人缘最好的女孩之一。little girla very young girl 小女孩 A little girl was sitting on the front doorstep. 一个小女孩坐在门前台阶上。toddler /ˈtɒdləʳǁˈtɑːd-/ [countable noun]a very young child who has just learned to walk 学步的儿童 As a toddler, he was attacked and injured by the family's pet dog. 在他还是个学步儿童的时候，他被家里的宠物狗袭击受伤了。 A toddler was squatting in the middle of the carpet, thumb in mouth. 一个蹒跚学步的小孩蹲在地毯中央，一只拇指含在嘴里。2 someone's son or daughter 某人的儿子或女儿child /tʃaɪld/ [countable noun]someone's son or daughter, of any age 子女，孩子 She named her first child Katrin. 她给第一个孩子取名凯特琳。 One of her children lives in Australia now. 她有一个孩子目前住在澳大利亚。 The house seems very quiet now that all the children have left home. 孩子都已离家，现在屋子里似乎非常安静。an only childa child that has no brothers or sisters 独生子，独生女 Alexandra was an only child and the centre of her mother's world. 亚历山德拉是独生女，是她母亲的掌上明珠。kid /kɪd/ [countable noun]informalsomeone's son or daughter - use this about children aged up to 14 or 15 【非正式】〔14或15岁前的〕孩子 All I ever wanted was to get married and have kids. 我想要的就是结婚生子。 Could you look after the kids this evening? 今晚你能照看孩子们吗？son /sʌn/ [countable noun]someone's male child 儿子 We have two teenage sons. 我们有两个十几岁的儿子。 Her son used to work in Texas. 她的儿子过去在得克萨斯上班。 The family business has now been taken over by Anderson's eldest son. 家族生意已经由安德森的大儿子接管。daughter /ˈdɔːtəʳ/ [countable noun]someone's female child 女儿 Our youngest daughter is getting married next month. 我们最小的女儿下个月结婚。 My aunt has five daughters and three sons. 我姑妈有五个女儿、三个儿子。 In traditional societies, parents were often reluctant to send their daughters to school. 在传统社会，父母常常不愿让女儿上学。little boy/little girl /ˌlɪtl ˈbɔɪ, ˌlɪtl ˈgɜːʳl/ [countable noun]spokensomeone's young son or daughter 【口】年幼的儿子/年幼的女儿 Paula had to go home - her little girl's sick. 葆拉必须回家去—她年幼的女儿病了。 ‘How old's your little boy?’ ‘He's three.’ “你家的小男孩多大了？”“三岁。”offspring /ˈɒfˌsprɪŋǁˈɔːf-/ [singular or plural noun]a person's or animal's baby or babies - used humorously or in formal contexts about someone's children 子女；后代〔幽默或正式用词〕somebody's offspring Parents with the disease are likely to pass it on to their offspring. 患此病的父母亲可能会把病传给子女。 Hardly a day goes by without Mrs Molt or one of her offspring calling around to borrow something. 莫尔特夫人或她的孩子几乎没有一天不到处借东西。3 a child whose parents have died 父母双亡的孩子orphan /ˈɔːʳfən/ [countable noun] Pepino was a ten-year-old orphan. His parents had been killed in the war. 佩皮诺是个十岁的孤儿。他的父母死于战争。 Dr Barnardo founded homes for orphans in the late nineteenth century. 19世纪末，巴纳多医生为孤儿们建造家园。orphaned [adjective] Orphaned at the age of six, Laura grew up with her father's relatives. 劳拉六岁成了孤儿，在父亲的亲戚家长大。4 the time when someone is a child 童年时期childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ [countable/uncountable noun] Since childhood Margot had longed to be a dancer. 玛戈从小就渴望成为一名舞蹈家。 Steven had happy memories of his childhood on the farm. 史蒂文还记得他在农场度过的快乐童年。childhood illness/experiences/dream etcthat you have when you are a child 儿童疾病/童年经历/童年梦想等 Of course, I had all the usual childhood illnesses, like measles and mumps. 当然，所有儿童常见病我小时候都得过，比如麻疹和腮腺炎。 It was his childhood dream to play professional baseball. 他的童年梦想是打职业棒球。early childhood Much of my early childhood was spent with my aunt in California. 我童年早期的大部分时光是和我姨妈在加利福尼亚度过的。in infancy/during infancy /ɪn ˈɪnfənsi, ˌdjʊərɪŋ ˈɪnfənsiǁˌdʊər-/ [uncountable noun]formalwhile someone is a baby or a very young child - use this especially to talk about children dying or getting diseases 【正式】在襁褓之中〔尤用于谈论小孩天折或患病〕 Three of her children died in infancy. 她有三个孩子死于襁褓之中。