- N-COUNT 婴儿;婴孩
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...
我还在襁褓中时,她曾经照顾过我。 - My wife has just had a baby...
我妻子刚生了孩子。 - Claire had to dress her baby sister.
克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
- N-COUNT (动物)幼崽;幼兽;幼鸟
A baby animal is a very young animal.
- ...a baby elephant.
幼象 - ...baby birds.
雏鸟
- ADJ (蔬菜)幼嫩的
Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
- Serve with baby new potatoes.
配上小个的新土豆。
- N-VOC; N-COUNT 宝贝儿(昵称,尤用于年轻女性)
Some people use baby as an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them.
- You have to wake up now, baby...
该起床了,宝贝儿。 - He was confused, poor baby.
他都懵了,可怜的家伙。
- 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉;将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃;不分好坏地全盘抛弃
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.
- PHRASE 替他人擦屁股;替别人干苦差事
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.
- You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby.
你满世界地跑,把苦差事都扔给我。
in AM, use 美国英语用 be left holding the bag