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。


• N-COUNT （用作儿语）成年人，大人
  Agrown-upis 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。
• ADJ 成熟的；成年的；长大的
  Someone who isgrown-upis 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 似成人的；成熟的
  If you say that someone isgrown-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。
• ADJ-GRADED 适于成人的；成人的
  Grown-upthings 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• And if the grown-ups fell ill it was even worse.
  大人们病了，就更了不得；
• 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。
• 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。
• You're not grown-ups; you're just children.
  你们还没长大，只是孩子。
• Somewhere in this world, there must be grown-ups.
  在这个世界上一定有成熟的人。