➡ See also the entry for child另见child条son ♦︎ daughter ♦︎ child ♦︎ girl ♦︎ boy ♦︎ baby ♦︎ kid ♦︎ family ♦︎ descendantThese are all words for a person's male or female child.这些词均表示儿子或女儿。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a) newborn son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby◆a baby son / daughter / girl / boy◆a young son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid / family◆sb's eldest / oldest / youngest son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid◆a teenage son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid◆a grown-up son / daughter / child◆a male / female child / descendant◆a / an illegitimate / legitimate son / daughter / child◆to have a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid / family◆to give birth to a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid◆to bring up / raise a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid / family◆a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby is born■son [countable] a person's male child儿子◆We have two sons and a daughter.我们有两个儿子,一个女儿。◆He's the son of an Oxford professor.他是牛津大学一位教授的儿子。◆Maine & Sons, Grocers(= the name of a company on a sign)梅因父子杂货店■daughter [countable] a person's female child女儿◆His wife recently gave birth to a daughter.他的妻子最近生下一个女儿。■child(pluralchildren) [countable] a son or daughter of any age儿子;女儿◆They have three grown-up children.他们有三个成年的孩子。◆I'm an only child(= I have no brothers or sisters).我是个独生子。ⓘ Children is often used to refer to both or all the children of a particular person. * children常指某人的两个或所有子女◆Will you put the(= our / my) children to bed?你安顿孩子们睡觉好吗?'The child' is not used in this way. * the child不这样用◆I'm just taking the child to school. see also child ⇨ childNOTE辨析 Son, daughter and childThese words are often combined with others to make compounds.这三个词常与其他词合并构成复合词◆grandson / granddaughter / grandchild(= the son / daughter / child of your son or daughter)(外)孙子;(外)孙女◆stepson / stepdaughter / stepchild(= the son / daughter / child that your husband or wife has from an earlier marriage to another person)继子;继女◆son-in-law / daughter-in-law(= the husband / wife of your daughter / son)女婿;儿媳妇■girl [countable] a daughter, especially a young daughter女儿;(尤指)年少的女儿◆Our youngest girl wants to go to art college.我们的小女儿想上美术学院。 see also girl ⇨ child, girl ⇨ girl■boy [countable] a son, especially a young son儿子;(尤指)年少的儿子◆They have two boys and a girl.他们有两个儿子和一个女儿。◆Her eldest boy has just started high school.她的长子刚上中学。 see also boy ⇨ child■baby [countable] a very young son or daughter婴儿(儿子或女儿)◆My sister's expecting a baby.我姐姐怀孕了。◆She had a baby last year.她去年生了个孩子。 see also baby ⇨ child■kid [countable, usually plural] (informal, especiallyspoken) a son or daughter小孩(儿子或女儿)◆How are the kids(= your children)?孩子们好吗?◆Do you have any kids?你有孩子吗?ⓘ Kid is used more in spoken than written language, and is most often used in the plural: I have to take the/my kids to school is more common than I have to take my kid to school. * kid更多用于口语而非书面语,而且最常用复数形式:I have to take the/my kids to school比I have to take my kid to school更常见。 see also kid ⇨ child■family [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a couple's or a person's children, especially young children子女;(尤指)幼年子女◆I always wanted to have a large family.我一直希望儿女成群。◆I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.我以此致琼斯伉俪及子女。◆They got married last year and plan to start a family(= have children)soon.他们去年结了婚,而且计划马上要孩子。■descendant dɪˈsendənt [countable] a person who is related to sb who lived in the past后裔;后代;子孙◆He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.他属于奥康纳家族,是爱尔兰最后一位君王的嫡系后裔。ⓘ Descendant refers to adults as well as children. * descendant兼指成人和儿童。OPPancestor ⇨ family3