grownup

英

美

adj. 成熟的；成人的
n. 成年人；大人

复数：grownups　第三人称单数：grownups　

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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。

noun

adj

(of animals) fully developed
1. an adult animal
2. a grown woman
Synonym:adultbigfull-grownfully growngrown

He acts as if he was a grownup.
他举止行为像个大人似的。
I don't think so. I mean, like, he's a grownup.
我不认为我是说，他是个大人。
Don't be fresh with me; impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup; an impudent boy given to insulting strangers.
不要对我无礼；需要教训一通的冒失孩子；惯于冒犯陌生人的无礼男孩。
A grownup man sitting at home watching tv.
一个成人还坐在家里看电视。
You're starting to sound like a grownup.
你说话听起来象个成年人了。
Don't put yourself into grownup situations again until you grow up.
直到长大以前，不要把自己放在成人的环境里。
She could pass for thirty but I happen to know she's got a grownup son.
她酷似30岁，但我碰巧得知她已有一个成年的儿子。
It was really frightening for a9-year-old boy to confront a grownup.
这样的事对一个9岁的小男孩来说是觉得挺委屈的。
Nowadays more and more students begin to try part-time jobs after school, which shows they have grownup and intend to support them by their own efforts.
眼下，越来越多的在校生在课余做一些兼职工作，这表示他们已经长大了，打算用自己的努力来维持生活。
Is this what it means to be grownup, to be free, but are we really free?
这是否意味着成长、自由？然而我们是否拥有真正的自由呢？