ADJECTIVE | VERB + BABY | BABY + VERB | BABY + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤new, newborn新生兒;很小的嬰兒▸➤low-birthweight, small, tiny低出生體重兒;不足斤兩的嬰兒◇Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of producing a low-birthweight baby.孕期抽煙會增加嬰兒出生時體重偏低的風險。➤big個頭大的嬰兒▸➤full-term足月的嬰兒▸➤premature, preterm (especially BrE) 早產兒;不足月的嬰兒▸➤stillborn死產兒▸➤unborn胎兒▸➤little, young小嬰兒;出生不久的嬰兒▸➤three-day-old, six-week-old, ten-month-old, etc.出生 3 天、6 週、10 個月等的嬰兒▸➤beautiful, bonny, cute, lovely (especially BrE) 漂亮的寶寶;可愛的寶寶▸➤bouncing (informal) , healthy, normal結實的/健康的/發育正常的寶寶◇A bonny, bouncing baby, Freddie was her heart's desire and joy.小寶貝弗雷迪健康美麗,活潑可愛,她稱心如意,非常歡喜。➤contented, good, perfect心滿意足的寶寶;好寶寶;完美的寶寶▸➤colicky, crying, screaming患急性腹痛的/啼哭的/尖叫的嬰兒▸➤sleeping沉睡的嬰兒▸➤growing成長中的嬰兒◇He took an interest in the growing baby even before it was born.小寶寶出生之前,他就對這個孕育中的孩子產生了興趣。➤bottle-fed, breastfed用奶瓶餵養的/母乳餵養的嬰兒▸➤illegitimate私生子▸➤test-tube試管嬰兒▸➤abandoned, unwanted棄嬰;沒人要的嬰兒▸➤war (= born during the war)戰時出生的嬰兒VERB + BABY➤have生孩子◇I want to have a baby.我想生個孩子。➤want想要孩子◇She's not sure if she wants a baby.她拿不準自己是否想要孩子。➤conceive, make (informal, humorous) 懷孕;生小孩◇Darling, I just want to stay with you and make babies!親愛的,我就想和你在一起,生上一群孩子!➤carry, expect懷小孩;懷孕◇She's not sure yet how many babies she's carrying.她還不清楚自己懷着幾個小孩。◇She's expecting a baby in July.她的預產期在 7 月。➤give birth to, produce生孩子▸➤deliver接生孩子◇The baby was delivered by a midwife.這孩子是助產士接生的。➤lose流產◇She lost her baby (= had a miscarriage) three months into her pregnancy.她懷孕 3 個月時流產了。➤name給寶寶起名◇They named the baby Charlie.他們給孩子起名叫查利。➤care for, look after (especially BrE) 照顧/照看嬰兒▸➤feed餵孩子▸➤bottle-feed用奶瓶餵養嬰兒▸➤breastfeed, nurse以母乳餵養孩子;給嬰兒餵奶▸➤burp(喂奶後輕拍背部)使嬰兒打嗝◇The baby needed burping after every bottle.每餵完一瓶奶後都需要輕輕拍打嬰兒背部讓他打嗝。➤wean給嬰兒斷奶◇You can start weaning your baby when it's four months old.寶寶 4 個月大你就可以開始給他斷奶了。➤change給嬰兒換尿布◇The baby needs changing again (= needs a clean nappy / diaper).寶寶又該換尿布了。➤bath, bathe (especially NAmE) 給嬰兒洗澡▸➤comfort, cradle, cuddle, hold, pick up, rock, take哄寶寶;懷抱着寶寶;抱起寶寶;輕輕搖動寶寶;抱嬰兒◇She rocked the baby to sleep in her arms.她搖晃着懷裏的孩子哄他睡覺。◇Can you take the baby while I unlock the door?我去開門,你能抱一下孩子嗎?➤kiss親吻寶寶▸➤swaddle把寶寶裹起來▸➤play with逗孩子玩兒▸➤adopt收養嬰兒◇They would like to adopt a newborn baby.他們想收養個新生兒。➤have adopted, put up for adoption找人收養嬰兒◇She decided to put her baby up for adoption.她決定把自己的孩子送人。➤abandon遺棄嬰兒BABY + VERB➤be due嬰兒應在某時間出生◇The baby is due in October.寶寶將在 10 月份出生。➤arrive, be born嬰兒出生◇Their first baby arrived exactly nine months after the wedding.他們結婚恰好 9 個月後第一個孩子降生了。➤bawl, cry, scream, wail嬰兒哭鬧/大哭/尖叫/啼哭▸➤babble, coo, gurgle嬰兒牙牙學語/喃喃自語/咯咯笑◇The baby cooed happily on the rug.寶寶在地毯上高興地喃喃自語。➤feed, nurse, suck嬰兒吃奶◇Babies nurse more at night in the first three weeks.嬰兒在出生頭週多在夜裏吃奶。➤be sick, dribble, drool, spit up (NAmE) 嬰兒生病;嬰兒流口水;嬰兒嘔吐◇Babies drool a lot when they are teething.寶寶長牙的時候愛流口水。➤be teething嬰兒長牙▸➤crawl, sit up, take his/her first steps, toddle, walk嬰兒爬行/坐起/初學步/蹣跚學步/走路➤grow, grow up嬰兒成長/長大◇The doctor said the baby was growing nicely.醫生說這個寶寶生長發育良好。➤kick, move嬰兒踢腿/挪動◇I could feel the baby moving inside me.我可以感到體內的胎動。➤sleep嬰兒睡覺BABY + NOUN➤boy, girl男嬰;女嬰▸➤brother, daughter, sister, son出生不久的小弟弟/女兒/小妹妹/兒子▸➤bird, rabbit, etc.剛出生的小鳥、小兔等▸➤clothes嬰兒服▸➤food, formula, milk (especially BrE) 嬰兒食品;嬰兒配方奶;嬰兒奶➤lotion, oil, powder供嬰兒用的乳液/潤膚油/爽身粉▸➤buggy, carrier, stroller (NAmE) 嬰兒車;嬰兒背帶;摺叠式幼兒推車(see also baby carriage)➤alarm, monitor嬰兒報警器/監視器▸➤bath嬰兒浴盆▸➤talk兒語◇I didn't use baby talk with my children, but used proper words right from the start.從一開始對孩子講話我就沒有用兒語,而是用正常的話語。➤unit (especially BrE) 嬰兒間◇the hospital's baby unit醫院的嬰兒室➤shower (NAmE) 迎嬰送禮會▸➤boom (= a period when many more babies are born than usual) , boomer (= a person born during such a period)生育高峰期;生育高峰期出生的嬰兒PHRASES➤sleep like睡得像個嬰兒◇He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby.一番辛苦後他累極了,睡得像嬰兒一樣沉。