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IELTS BNC: 114 COCA: 115

child
child /ˈtʃajəld/ noun
plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
child
/ˈtʃajəld/
noun
plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/
Learner's definition of CHILD
[count]
1 
: a young person小孩；幼儿
— often used before another noun.常用于另一名词前
2 
: a son or daughter儿子；女儿
3 
: an adult who acts like a child : a childlike or childish person孩子气的人；幼稚的人
4 
: a person who has been strongly influenced by a certain place or time or by the events happening during that time产物；结果

children should be seen and not heard

— used to say that children should be quiet and well-behaved小孩子要守规矩，切勿喧闹

with child

old-fashioned
: pregnant
— see also brainchild
IELTS BNC: 114 COCA: 115

child

noun

ˈchī(-ə)ld How to pronounce child (audio)
plural children ˈchil-drən How to pronounce child (audio)
-dərn
often attributive
1
a
: a young person especially between infancy and puberty
a play for both children and adults
b
: a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a)
Under the law she is still a child.
c
: a childlike or childish person
He is a child in most business matters.
2
a
: a son or daughter of human parents
Do you have any children?
b
: descendant
the children of Israel
3
a
: an unborn or recently born person
… Meghan Markle, married Prince Harry, now pregnant with child. Laura Simonetti
b
dialect : a female infant
4
: one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs
a child of the streets
a child of nature
America has been called "the first child of the Enlightenment"
5
: product, result
barbed wire … is truly a child of the plains W. P. Webb
6
usually childe
ˈchī(-ə)ld How to pronounce child (audio)
, archaic : a youth of noble birth
childless
ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ləs How to pronounce child (audio)
adjective
childlessness noun
Phrases
with child
: pregnant

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the birth of a child She's pregnant with their first child. a play for both children and adults All of their children are grown now. an elderly couple and their adult children Men are such children sometimes. See More
Recent Examples on the Web When my child goes to school, do their teachers teach this? Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child. CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 Castro and Landeata had a 1-year-old child together, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Even more dismaying for the Big Guy is the sudden awakening of his only child, Meghan. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 The couple married in 1967 and had their only child, Lisa Marie Presley, the following year. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022 The Los Angeles program, funded primarily by the city, benefits 3,200 people who have at least one child, as well as an annual income below the federal poverty level. Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Families that earn more than $100,000 a year will also pay less than before, Princeton said, especially if the families have more than one child in college. Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 But that restriction had only applied to an individual who is married to the victim, lived with the victim or had a child with the victim. Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English cild; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit jaṭhara belly

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Time Traveler
The first known use of child was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing child

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IELTS BNC: 114 COCA: 115
child

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHILD | CHILD + VERB | CHILD + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤little, small, young小孩◇My father died while I was still a small child.我還是個小孩子的時候父親就去世了。➤newborn新生兒▸➤teenage十幾歲的孩子◇We have three teenage children.我們有 3 個十來歲的孩子。➤preschool, school-aged學齡前／學齡兒童➤adult, grown, grown-up (especially BrE) 成年的孩子▸➤good, obedient, well-behaved好孩子；聽話的孩子；規矩的孩子▸➤aggressive, delinquent, difficult, disobedient, fractious, mischievous, naughty, problem, sulky, unruly, wayward, wilful/willful攻擊性強的孩子；失足少年；難管教的孩子；不聽話的孩子；脾氣急躁的孩子；淘氣的孩子；調皮的孩子；問題兒童；愛生悶氣的孩子；不守規矩的孩子；倔強的孩子；任性的孩子◇He's always been a problem child.他一直是個問題兒童。◇The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.孩子們很不守規矩，在房子裏跑來跑去，像是在自己家裏一樣。➤bright, gifted, intelligent, precocious聰明的／有天分的／聰穎的／早熟的孩子◇a school for gifted children天才兒童學校◇What a precocious child－reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!這孩子真是早慧 －10 歲就讀簡・奧斯丁的作品！➤dull, slow呆傻的／遲鈍的孩子◇Teaching is particularly difficult when a class contains both slow and bright children.要是一個班裏既有遲鈍的孩子又有聰明的孩子，教起來就特別難。➤abandoned, abused, at-risk, maltreated, neglected被遺棄的孩子；受虐待的孩子；有危險的孩子；無人照管的孩子◇therapy for sexually abused children對遭受性虐待的孩子的治療➤disadvantaged, needy, starving, underprivileged生活條件差的孩子；貧困兒童；飢餓的孩子；處於弱勢的兒童➤spoiled被寵壞的孩子▸➤sickly多病的孩子➤asthmatic, autistic, disabled, dyslexic, hyperactive, etc.患哮喘的孩子、自閉症患兒、殘疾兒童、患誦讀困難的孩子、多動症患兒等➤special-needs（因智力或身體有缺陷而）有特殊需要的兒童➤innocent天真的孩子▸➤loving充滿愛心的孩子▸➤only獨生子；獨生女◇It was a little lonely being an only child.獨生子女有點兒孤單。➤eldest, first-born最年長的孩子；頭生子／頭生女▸➤fatherless, motherless, orphaned失去父親的孩子；失去母親的孩子；孤兒➤adopted收養的孩子▸➤bastard (usually figurative) , illegitimate私生子；非婚生子◇the bastard child of romantic fiction and horror浪漫小說與恐怖故事的私生子➤unborn未出生子女◇the rights of the unborn child未出生子女的權利➤dependent受撫養子女◇tax concessions for families with dependent children對有子女要撫養的家庭的稅收減免➤street流浪兒童◇There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.在城裏比較貧困的地段有很多流浪兒童。➤biracial, mixed-race雙種族混血兒；多種族混血兒➤minority少數民族兒童VERB + CHILD➤have有孩子◇How many children do you have?你有幾個孩子？➤bear, give birth to, have生孩子◇She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.她快到 40 歲才生了第一個孩子。➤father成為孩子的父親▸➤conceive懷上孩子◇We had trouble conceiving our first child.我們懷第一個孩子時不太順利。➤expect懷着孩子◇They are expecting a child in June.他們的孩子將在 6 月份出生。➤adopt, foster收養孩子➤lose失去孩子◇She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.她無法想像分娩時失去孩子的痛苦。➤bring up, raise, rear撫養孩子；養育孩子◇He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.他在如何養育孩子方面還是舊觀念。➤indulge, pamper, spoil縱容／嬌慣／溺愛孩子◇You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.你不能這樣慣孩子，他要怎樣的寵愛你就給怎樣的寵愛。➤love, nurture愛孩子；養育孩子➤maltreat, neglect虐待／疏於照料孩子➤educate, home-school, teach教育孩子；在家教育孩子；教孩子➤discipline, punish, scold管教／懲罰／批評孩子▸➤abandon遺棄孩子▸➤abduct, kidnap誘拐／綁架孩子➤abuse, molest虐待／猥褻兒童➤immunize, vaccinate給孩子接種疫苗CHILD + VERB➤be born孩子出生◇Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.他們的第一個孩子出生時有罕見的心臟病。➤develop, grow, grow up孩子發育／成長／長大◇Children grow up so quickly!孩子們長得可真快！◇good food for growing children有利於孩子發育的食物➤cry, scream, whimper, whine孩子哭泣／尖叫／抽泣／哭哭啼啼▸➤misbehave孩子沒規矩CHILD + NOUN➤actor, bride, soldier, star兒童演員；娃娃新娘；娃娃兵；童星➤prodigy神童➤development兒童發育◇the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development確保兒童健康發育的情感聯繫➤custody對孩子的監護權◇a child custody dispute between divorced parents離異父母之間的子女監護權之爭➤support（子女）撫養費◇After they divorced, he refused to pay child support.他們離婚後，他拒絕支付孩子的撫養費。➤labour/labor童工➤prostitution童妓➤pornography兒童色情➤abuse, molestation對兒童的虐待；猥褻兒童➤abuser, killer, molester虐待兒童者；兒童殺手；猥褻兒童者➤abduction誘拐兒童➤psychiatrist, psychologist兒童精神病專家／心理學專家▸➤protection, safety, services, welfare兒童保護／安全／服務／福利PREPOSITION➤with child (literary) 懷有身孕◇big with child (= pregnant) 身懷六甲

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