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

• Perhaps Big Boss hates "grown-ups" because he hates other people telling him what to do?
  也许大首领痛恨“长大了的人”因为他厌恶其他人告诉他什么该做？
• You're not grown-ups; you're just children.
  你们还没长大，只是孩子。
• 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？
• And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
  大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要！
• Go to bed now and let the grown-ups have a little time to themselves.
  现在去睡觉吧，让大人有点时间做自己的事。
• I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.
  我把我的杰作给大人们看，问他们我的画是不是让他们害怕？
• 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。
• I think we are all grown-ups and we have the ability to manage our own affairs.
  可我认为，我们都已经长大了，有能力管理自己的事情。
• 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。
• This meeting is for grown-ups only.
  这次聚会只许成年人参加。