- [countable] (informal)
a child or young person 小孩；年轻人 Do you have any kids? 你有孩子吗？ How are the kids (= your children)? 孩子们好吗？ A bunch of kids were hanging around outside. 一群年轻人在外面到处游逛。 a gang/group of kids 一帮/一群孩子 college/school kids 大学生/小学生 street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive 靠机智灵活生存的街头小子 You're acting like a little kid! 你表现得像个小孩！ - as a kid
I remember reading with my grandmother as a young kid of 6. 我记得我6岁的时候和奶奶一起读书。 I'm looking forward to getting home to the wife and kids. 我期待着回到妻子和孩子身边。 Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating. 这里有一些教孩子们健康饮食的有趣方法。 The kids love playing outside in the mud. 孩子们喜欢在外面的泥里玩耍。 The game is aimed at kids of all ages. 这个游戏是针对所有年龄的孩子的。
Collocations Childrensee also boomerang kid, whizz-kidChildren 孩子 Having a baby/child 怀孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
怀孕 - miss your period
月经未按期来 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
怀孕了；发现怀孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩；催产 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流产；引起流产 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting 养育；抚养；教养 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
抚养孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顾小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
换尿布；给婴儿换尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
产假后回到工作岗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收养小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩给人收养 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代养小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa2She's a bright kid. 她是个聪明孩子。 He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on. 他只是个小孩子，你不能指望他理解出了什么事。 I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid. 我为这个可怜的孩子感到特别难过。 I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people. 我一直努力教导孩子要尊重他人。 She was crying like a kid. 她像个孩子似的哭泣。 The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well. 大一点儿的孩子们下午也有课。 They had adopted three kids. 他们已经收养了 3 个孩子。 They're just a bunch of kids. 他们不过是一群孩子。 We both wanted to have kids. 我们俩都想要孩子。 a spoiled little rich kid 娇生惯养的富家小孩
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- young
- big
- …
- bunch
- couple
- crowd
- …
- have
- want
- adopt
- …
- just a kid
- only a kid
- like a kid
- …
- [countable]
a young goat 小山羊 - [uncountable]
soft leather made from the skin of a young goat 小山羊皮革 a pair of white kid gloves 一副白色小手套
Word Originnoun Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old Norse kith, of Germanic origin; related to German Kitze.
Idioms
handle/treat, etc. somebody with kid gloves
to deal with somebody in a very careful way so that you do not offend or upset them 小心应付某人 Treat her with kid gloves—she's very sensitive. 和她接触要小心谨慎 － 她很敏感。
kids’ stuff (British English)
(North American English kid stuff)
something that is so easy to do or understand that it is thought to be not very serious or only suitable for children 极容易的事；“小儿科”；小孩子都懂得的道理 That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead. 和将要发生的一切相比，那算不了什么。 The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end. 这部电影从头至尾幼稚至极。
a/the new kid on the block