grown-ups

英 [ɡrəʊn ʌps] 美 [ɡroʊn ʌps]

n.  大人; 成人
grown-up的复数



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。

  1. N-COUNT (用作儿语)成年人,大人
    A grown-up is 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。
  2. ADJ 成熟的;成年的;长大的
    Someone who is grown-up is 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。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 似成人的;成熟的
    If you say that someone is grown-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。
  4. ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的;成人的
    Grown-up things 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。

双语例句

  1. Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
    为什么成年人总是那么一本正经,对好点子反应那么迟缓呢?
  2. Even grown-ups can't lift it, to say nothing of children.
    大人尚且举不起来,何况小孩子。
  3. This meeting is for grown-ups only.
    这次聚会只许成年人参加。
  4. I think we are all grown-ups and we have the ability to manage our own affairs.
    可我认为,我们都已经长大了,有能力管理自己的事情。
  5. Grown-ups can use these methods to quit smoking, or stick to a diet, or save money.
    成年人可以用这些方法戒烟、控制饮食或是省钱。
  6. Because, says Papa, this meeting is for grown-ups.
    因为,熊爸爸说,这是个成人会议。
  7. We'll probably be grown-ups by then, but I'll get us two.
    到时我们也许都是大人了,不过我会给我们买两个。
  8. It might sound like playground behaviour, but grown-ups do it too.
    这听起来也许像是小朋友的游戏行为,但是大人们也这样做。
  9. Grown-ups are not attracted to watching cartoons anymore.
    成年人再也不喜欢看动画片。
  10. Go to bed now and let the grown-ups have a little time to themselves.
    现在去睡觉吧,让大人有点时间做自己的事。
  11. Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old.
    或许,我已经有点像那些大人,已经变老了。
  12. But as a child, he was always putting on plays for the grown-ups.
    但是作为一个孩子的时候,他总是把戏剧为大人了。
  13. I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.
    我把我的杰作给大人们看,问他们我的画是不是让他们害怕?
  14. Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups.
    可能我只是有点像大人了。
  15. Children can get some money from grown-ups as gifts.
    孩子们可从大人那里得到一些钱作为礼物。
  16. Perhaps Big Boss hates "grown-ups" because he hates other people telling him what to do?
    也许大首领痛恨“长大了的人”因为他厌恶其他人告诉他什么该做?
  17. And if the grown-ups fell ill it was even worse.
    大人们病了,就更了不得;
  18. And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
    大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要!
  19. She listened, then said the usual things grown-ups say to comfort a child.
    她听了,然后说一些平常大人说来安慰小孩的话。
  20. We are introduced to the narrator, a pilot, and his ideas about grown-ups.
    介绍我们的述说者,一个飞行员,和他对大人的看法。
  21. Grown-ups with their little ones, enjoying every minute.
    大人和孩子,享受着每时每刻。
  22. The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
    大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。
  23. The kids went to the park while we grown-ups sat in the garden.
    孩子们去了公园,我们大人在花园里坐着。
  24. Somewhere in this world, there must be grown-ups.
    在这个世界上一定有成熟的人。
  25. Every day we had to greet her, and other grown-ups, with this salute.
    我们每天见到她和其他大人,这个敬礼都不可不行。
  26. Any one of the boys can do what the two grown-ups are doing.
    这些男孩中随便哪一个都能干那两个成年人在干的活。
  27. Our party was composed of three grown-ups and four children.
    我们这组是由三个成年人和四个孩子组成的。
  28. I was making more money than most of the grown-ups around.
    我赚的钱已经比附近的大人还多。
  29. You're not grown-ups; you're just children.
    你们还没长大,只是孩子。
  30. It's full of good arguments against smoking, for kids and grown-ups.
    这是反对吸烟很好的论据,无论孩子和大人都是一样的。