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英:[ˈædʌlt]
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a·dult
duhlt
复数:adults
第三人称单数:adults
现在分词:adulting
过去式:adulted
过去分词:adulted
比较级:more adult
最高级:most adult
adulthood (n.)
词根:adult
n.adulthood 成年;成人期
adjective
fully developed and mature : grown-up
an adult lion
of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults
an adult approach to a problem
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material adult movies
adult bookstores
noun
one that is adultespecially: a human being after an age (such as 21) specified by law
verb
intransitive verb
informal to behave like an adult : to attend to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult Stop complaining that you have to adult today. Being an adult is awesome.—Suzanne Lucas Learning how to "adult" is a necessity for these college freshmen in order to figure out new medication schedules and if their parents' insurance will cover impromptu ER visits.—Meredith Newman
Do we really have to adult today?—Lauren Merola
informal to become an adult But there is one real benefit to growing older and adulting: We essentially get to do whatever we want to do.—Sharon Pope
It could be something small, like bailing on your friends at the last second. Or something bigger, like not showing up for work. Whatever the case may be, it's a sign you haven't fully "adulted" if you constantly slack off on your responsibilities.—Carolyn Steber
adult education成人教育
young adult年轻人;大学生
adult population成年人口
adult learning成人学习
mature adult成熟的成年人
adult school成人学校;成人进修学校
adult movien. 成人电影
adult respiratory distress syndrome成人呼吸窘迫综合征
这组词都有“成年的,成熟的”的意思,其区别是:
mature用于生物时,指完全长好了。用于人时,指达到了生命的黄金时期,但所暗示的青少年和成年之间的界限不明显。
adult一般指生理上的童年期已结束,达到法定年龄。
grown-up多用于口语,含义与adult基本相同,但更侧重脱离儿童阶段,已成大人,与childish意思相反。
以上来源于网络
mature泛指动植物的成熟
ripe主要用于果实成熟;
adult强调法律规定的成年人;
grown-up身体发育成熟;
以上来源于网络
1530年代(但直到17世纪中期才普及),“成熟的,成年的”,源自拉丁语 adultus “成年的,成熟的,成人的,成熟的”, adolescere 的过去分词,“成长,成熟,成熟”,由 ad “到”(见 ad-)+ alescere “被滋养”,因此,“增长,成长”, alere 的一种带后缀的形式,“滋养”,源自 PIE 词根 *al-(2)“生长,滋养”。
“态度或观点成熟”的含义始于1929年。作为“色情”的委婉说法,始于1958年,对这个词毫无荣誉可言。在旧的英国电影分级系统中, A 表示“适合成年观众观看”,因此,暗示不适合儿童观看(1914年)。
成体
成年的,已成人的,已成熟的
成体,成虫
成虫
成螨
成蜱
成蟲
成蟎
成年人
Adjective borrowed from French & Latin; French adulte, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin adultus, from past participle of adolēscere, adulēscere "to become mature, grow up," from ad- ad- + alēscere "to be nourished, grow up," probably inchoative derivative of *alēre "to grow," stative derivative of alere "to nurse, feed, nourish" — more at old >entry 1 Noun derivative of adult >entry 1
The first known use of adult was in 1531
adulterateverb
to make impure or weaker by adding an unnecessary or lower-grade substanceespecially: to prepare for sale by using in whole or in part a substance that reduces value or strength
adulterantnoun
something used to adulterate another thing
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
of, relating to, or characteristic of adults
adult2 of 2noun
a fully grown person, animal, or plant
adult1 of 2adjective
fully developed and mature
adult2 of 2noun
one that has arrived at full development or maturity especially in size, strength, or intellectual capacity
a human male or female after a specific age (as 18 or 21)
1 “Here, Melody. Daddy brought you a play-pretty,” she cooed in that high-pitched voice that adults use with children.
2 Maybe adults thought a teenager’s testimony wouldn’t hold up in the legal system.
3 After we ate and did drugs, we would guard the perimeter while the adults rested for a bit.
4 While California voters effectively repealed Proposition 21 in 2016, many states continue to routinely treat juveniles as adults.
5 In order to successfully transition from twelve years old to being a teenager and then to an adult, will I need to be able to move my hips to a song?
6 Standing on the floor of this huge space were adults and children—ghost people—so many that Lyra couldn’t guess their number.
7 And the early stages of these fishes, even more than the adults, are especially susceptible to direct chemical poisoning.
8 Then it switched over to thermal-imaging mode, and I could see the glowing outlines of over a dozen people, children and adults, sitting inside.
9 The average adult heart is about the size of a fist and weighs about 310 grams.
成年人的心脏平均只有拳头那么大,大约重310克.
10 Then she sits down across from me as one adult might sit down across from another, her legs crossed, her back straight, her hands folded in her lap.
11 I should have changed the subject to syncope in older adults to take Maddie’s mind off the fact that we are so far apart now on most issues that we practically live on different continents.
12 Only the adult robin has an orange breast.
但只有成年的鸟才有这种桔红色的胸脯.
13 “Should I keep the kitchen light on?” she asks, shaking an old travel clock, distracting herself with an object like adults always do.
14 They knew that an adult had no business with sweets.
15 So Billy moved a little farther back, but not as far as the part for adults only.
16 The three adults paid tribute to Amaroq until he was almost smothered with love; then he bayed a wild note that sounded like the wind on the frozen sea.
17 She smiled at Aaron, suddenly feeling very adult.
18 And now she was talking to him in a way that was not foolish and childlike, designed to entrance, but instead was human and pained and adult.
19 By 1941, some sixty-four million pairs of nylon stockings had been sold—more stockings than there were adult women in the United States.
20 Macon went on with the charade, pretending he didn’t know his sister was the one Porter and anybody else—adult, child, or beast—could buy wine from.
2 成熟
mature ripe grown-up grown fully-fledged maturity maturation ripeness ripen gray mellow full-blown set maturate blossom season age grow fledge fully fledged grown up flower come of age grow up developed full-fledged full-grown seasoned growth seeded aging make incubate bringto a head be of age come to a head
3 色情
blue hot dirty sexy exotic erotic pornographic steamy top-shelf girlie eroticism warm curious luscious gallant raunchy amorous X-rated porn eroto- eroticize
4 色情的
blue hot dirty sexy exotic erotic pornographic steamy top-shelf girlie warm curious luscious gallant raunchy amorous X-rated porn
5 发育完全的
7 成年
mature adulthood manhood coming of age major age majority cut wisdom teeth grow grown up full-grown come of age grown-up grown maturity grow up coming-of-age virility sui juris
8 发育成熟的
9 成熟的
mature ripe mellow grown-up full-grown grown fully-fledged gray full-blown grow fledge fully fledged grown up developed full-fledged seasoned seeded
12 理智的
14 大人
15 发育成熟
16 老成的