(informal) ADJECTIVE | ... OF KIDS | VERB + KID | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤little, young小孩;小朋友▸➤big, older大孩子;大一點兒的孩子◇The older kids had lessons in the afternoon as well.大一點兒的孩子們下午也有課。◇He's like a big kid with all this enthusiasm.他熱情這麼高,像個大孩子。➤cute, good, lovely, nice可愛的孩子;乖孩子;好孩子▸➤cool, smart (especially NAmE) 酷酷的/聰明的小孩➤dumb, stupid呆小孩;笨小孩➤normal正常的小孩◇She was just a normal kid.她當時不過是一個發育正常的孩子。➤crazy, weird小瘋子;古怪的孩子◇Now what are you two crazy kids doing?你們這兩個小瘋子這是在幹什麼?➤poor可憐的孩子◇I feel desperately sorry for the poor kid.我為這個可憐的孩子感到特別難過。➤rich富家孩子◇a spoiled little rich kid嬌生慣養的富家小孩➤fat胖孩子◇I was the fat kid through most of my teenage years.我十幾歲的時候基本沒瘦過。➤scrawny, skinny骨瘦如柴的/瘦得皮包骨的孩子◇a skinny little kid who looked to be no older than fourteen一個瘦得皮包骨頭、看上去不足 14 歲的小孩➤local, neighbourhood/neighborhood (especially NAmE) 當地的/街坊的孩子◇a gang of local kids一幫當地孩子➤street街頭小子;流浪兒◇street kids who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive靠機智靈活生存的街頭小子➤foster收養的孩子◇They had sixteen foster kids and two of their own.他們有 16 個收養的孩子和兩個親生孩子。➤college, high-school, school (usually schoolkid)大學生;高中生;學童... OF KIDS➤bunch, couple, crowd, gang, group一群/幾個/一幫/一夥/一組孩子◇They're just a bunch of kids.他們不過是一群孩子。VERB + KID➤have有子女◇We both wanted to have kids.我們倆都想要孩子。➤want想要孩子◇She had wanted more kids.她本來想多要幾個孩子。➤adopt, foster收養/認養孩子◇They had adopted three kids.他們已經收養了 3 個孩子。➤bring up, raise (especially NAmE) 撫養孩子◇I've tried to bring my kids up to respect other people.我一直努力教導孩子要尊重他人。➤educate, teach教育孩子;教孩子◇Here are some fun ways to teach your kids about healthy eating.這裏有一些教孩子們健康飲食的有趣方法。➤look after, take care of, watch (especially NAmE) 照料/照顧/照看孩子◇She had offered to watch the kids many times so Toby could go out.為了能讓托比外出,她多次主動提出照看孩子們。➤protect保護孩子◇legislation to protect kids from violence and harassment in their schools保護孩子們在學校免受暴力侵犯和騷擾的立法PHRASES➤just a kid, only a kid只是個孩子◇He's only a kid. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.他還只是個孩子,不能指望他能理解所發生的一切。➤like a kid像個孩子◇She was crying like a kid.她像個孩子似的哭泣。➤kids' stuff簡單的事◇The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.這部電影從頭至尾幼稚至極。◇That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.和將要發生的一切相比,那算不了什麼。