baby

noun

1. 婴儿；动物幼崽
   a very young child or animal
   1. The baby's crying!
      婴儿在哭！
   2. a newborn baby
      新生儿
   3. My sister's expecting a baby .
      我姐姐怀孕了。
   4. She had a baby last year.
      她去年生了个孩子。
   5. a baby boy/girl
      男婴；女婴
   6. baby food/clothes
      婴儿食品 / 服装
   7. a baby monkey/blackbird
      幼猴；黑鹂雏
2. （家庭或团体中）最年幼的成员
   the youngest member of a family or group
   1. He's the baby of the team.
      他在队里年纪最小。
3. 幼稚的人；孩子气的人
   a person who behaves like a young child and is easily upset
   1. Stop crying and don't be such a baby.
      别哭了，别这么孩子气。
4. （对爱人的昵称。男子用以称呼不相识的女子则有冒犯之嫌）宝贝儿，心肝儿
   a word used to address sb, especially your wife, husband or lover, in a way that expresses affection but that can be offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know

adj.

1. （蔬菜）小型的，幼嫩的
   baby vegetables are a very small version of particular vegetables, or are picked when they are very small
   1. baby carrots
      小胡萝卜

verb

1. 婴儿般对待；百般呵护
   to treat sb with too much care, as if they were a baby

1. N-COUNT 婴儿；婴孩
   A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
   1. 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。
   2. My wife has just had a baby...
      我妻子刚生了孩子。
   3. Claire had to dress her baby sister.
      克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
2. N-COUNT （动物）幼崽；幼兽；幼鸟
   A baby animal is a very young animal.
   1. ...a baby elephant.
      幼象
   2. ...baby birds.
      雏鸟
3. ADJ （蔬菜）幼嫩的
   Baby vegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
   1. Serve with baby new potatoes.
      配上小个的新土豆。
4. 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.
   1. You have to wake up now, baby...
      该起床了，宝贝儿。
   2. He was confused, poor baby.
      他都懵了，可怜的家伙。
5. 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.
6. 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.
   1. 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

1. The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children
   婴儿的母亲和另外两个孩子一起逃离了火海。
2. 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。
3. My wife has just had a baby
   我妻子刚生了孩子。
4. Claire had to dress her baby sister.
   克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
5. Serve with baby new potatoes.
   配上小个的新土豆。
6. You have to wake up now, baby
   该起床了，宝贝儿。
7. He was confused, poor baby.
   他都懵了，可怜的家伙。
8. 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。
9. She's just given birth to a baby girl
   她刚生了一个女孩。
10. The next morning, Franklin and Eleanor bundled up the baby and carried him to New York
    第二天早上，富兰克林和埃莉诺把宝宝裹得严严实实，带着他上纽约去了。
11. Congratulations, you have a healthy baby boy
    恭喜，你生了个健康的男孩。
12. I was in the depths of despair when the baby was sick.
    孩子生病时我陷入了绝望的深渊之中。
13. She dreamed about her baby.
    她梦见了她的宝宝。
14. Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home
    一旦有了宝宝，我就完全有理由呆在家里了。
15. She was expecting another baby
    她又怀孕了。
16. I became pregnant but this man was very violent towards me to the extent that I lost our baby
    我怀孕了，但是这个男人对我非常粗暴，致使我流产了。
17. He has given up his freewheeling lifestyle to settle down with his baby daughter.
    他放弃了自由放纵的生活方式，和幼小的女儿安顿下来。
18. She's always going on at me to have a baby.
    她一直唠叨着要我生个孩子。
19. She's having another baby.
    她又怀上孩子了。
20. She helped her sit up in bed so she could hold her baby.
    她扶她在床上坐起来，这样她就可以抱着宝宝了。
21. I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby.
    我与密友们讨论是否我要马上生孩子。
22. I have already started knitting baby clothes
    我已经开始给宝宝织衣服了。
23. The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
    她吃的食物给她和婴儿提供了营养。
24. I phoned the doctor in a panic, crying that I'd lost the baby.
    我惊慌失措地给医生打电话，哭着说我的孩子没了。
25. I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital
    我能清楚地回想起我女儿来医院看我和她刚出生的弟弟的那一刻。
26. I stopped working last year to have a baby
    我去年因生小孩辞去了工作。
27. I want to say how really delighted I am that you're having a baby
    我想说你怀孕了我有多高兴。
28. When I had my first baby friends warned me that children were expensive
    当我有了第一个孩子时，朋友们提醒我说养孩子是很花钱的。
29. The baby fell asleep in its mother's arms.
    小孩儿在妈妈的怀里睡着了。
30. Has the baby been vaccinated?
    这孩子种痘了吗？

  baby babe infant【导航词义：婴儿】

  baby n. 婴儿，婴孩；幼兽；雏鸟

〔辨析〕日常普通用词，指新生儿或幼小的孩子，也可指鸟兽的幼仔。

  babe n. 〈文〉婴儿； 〈口，非正式〉宝贝儿

〔辨析〕多指襁褓中的婴儿；口语中多用于称呼年轻美貌的女子。

  infant n. 〈正式〉婴儿，幼儿

〔辨析〕在英国英语中指婴孩或幼童，在美国英语中仅指婴儿，尤指新生儿。

n.

be your/sb's baby

• （计划或项目）就像某人的孩子一样（因亲自制订而尽心负责）
  to be a plan or project that sb is responsible for and cares about because they have created it

leave sb holding the baby

• （突然）把重大责任推给某人
  to suddenly make sb responsible for sth important that is really your responsibility
  1. He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby.
     他换了工作，把活儿甩给我们。

throw the baby out with the bathwater

• 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉
  to lose sth that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid of sth that you do not want

be like taking candy from a baby

• 像从娃娃手里抢糖吃；手到擒来；轻而易举
  used to emphasize how easy it is to do sth

sleep like a log/baby

• 沉睡；酣睡
  to sleep very well

noun

1. a project of personal concern to someone
   1. this project is his baby

2. a very young mammal
   1. baby rabbits

3. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

   Synonym:    babesister

4. the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
   1. the baby of the family
   2. the baby of the Supreme Court

5. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
   1. the baby began to cry again
   2. she held the baby in her arms
   3. it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different

   Synonym:    babeinfant

6. an unborn child
   1. I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby
   2. it was great to feel my baby moving about inside

7. an immature childish person
   1. he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
   2. stop being a baby!

   Synonym:    child

verb

1. treat with excessive indulgence
   1. grandparents often pamper the children
   2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!

   Synonym:    pamperfeatherbedcossetcockercoddlemollycoddlespoilindulge