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's a kid, who manages to survive and even win while making mistakes and floundering around, just like any kid ( or grownup, for that matter).
他是一个一边犯错误，一边学会生存及成长的孩子，就象任何孩子（或成人，面对这种问题）一样。
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。
He acts as if he was a grownup.
他举止行为像个大人似的。
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。
Older couples, with grownup children of their own.
几对上了年纪的夫妇和他们已长大成人的子女。
I don't think so. I mean, like, he's a grownup.
我不认为我是说，他是个大人。
You're starting to sound like a grownup.
你说话听起来象个成年人了。
A grownup man sitting at home watching tv.
一个成人还坐在家里看电视。
Look at you all grownup.-Well, actually, you know what?
瞧瞧你就像个大人-事实上，你知道吗？
He is a grownup baby, as it were.
他可以说是一个大孩子了。