adj.成熟的; 成年的; 長大的; 適于成人的; 成年人特有的
n.大人; 成人

復(fù)數(shù)：grown-ups

牛津詞典

adj.

成熟的；成年的；長大的mentally and physically an ***

What do you want to be when you're grown-up?你長大后想做什么？

She has a grown-up son.她有個已成年的兒子。

適于成人的；成年人特有的suitable for or typical of an ***

The child was clearly puzzled at being addressed in such a grown-up way.這孩子顯然對別人用這種成年人的方式稱呼他感到納悶。

柯林斯詞典

The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup，用作名詞時up不重讀。

N-COUNT （用作兒語）成年人，大人A grown-up is an ***; used by or to children.Jan was almost a grown-up...簡都快是個大人了。

Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.告訴孩子們，如果被人欺負(fù)就告訴大人。

ADJ 成熟的；成年的；長大的Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another ***.I have grown-up children who're doing well.我的幾個孩子已經(jīng)長大成人并且事業(yè)有成。

ADJ-GRADED 似成人的；成熟的If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an *** way, often when they are in fact still a child.She's very grown-up.她表現(xiàn)得很像個大人。

ADJ-GRADED 適于成人的；成人的Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of ***s.Her songs tackle grown-up subjects...她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。

She talked in a grown-up manner.她說起話來像個大人。

雙語例句

He lived alone, keeping close contact with his three grown-up sons. 他一個人住，與3個已經(jīng)長大成人的兒子經(jīng)常聯(lián)系。

Jan was almost a grown-up 簡都快是個大人了。

Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied. 告訴孩子們，如果被人欺負(fù)就告訴大人。

I have grown-up children who're doing well. 我的幾個孩子已經(jīng)長大成人并且事業(yè)有成。

She's very grown-up. 她表現(xiàn)得很像個大人。

Her songs tackle grown-up subjects 她的歌曲唱的都是成年人的事情。

She talked in a grown-up manner. 她說起話來像個大人。

The boy eats like a grown-up. 那男孩的食量像個成人。

This child speaks just like a grown-up. 這孩子說起話來儼然是個大人。

We are grown-up now, we can't rely on our parents for support. 我們都長大了，總不能仰給父母一輩吧。

But now he did not feel grown-up at all. 但現(xiàn)在，他不覺得長大了。

You see, I married a widow with a grown-up daughter 你知道，我娶了個寡婦，她有一個已經(jīng)成年的女兒，這樣她的女兒就成了

That's a pretty grown-up name for a little girl. 這名字對小女孩兒來說有點太成熟了。

I have a grown-up son who lives abroad. 我有一個住在國外的成年兒子。

But now we're all grown-up. 但是現(xiàn)在我們都長大了。

Mature and grown-up, he's a big boy. 穩(wěn)重和成熟，他是個大男孩。

Maybe I'm getting too grown-up. 或許是我太成熟了。

When I come home, I thought, I would be officially a grown-up. 到那時候我想我才算是真正的長大成人了。

She's not gonna talk to you about grown-up stuff. 她不會和你談大人的事情的。

She has two grown-up children who work in the family business with her. 她有兩個成年的孩子和她一起在家族企業(yè)中做事。

Baby mice and their grown-up mothers and fathers. 老鼠寶寶和它們爸爸媽媽。

She was already a grown-up. 她已經(jīng)成年了。

And I really need you to act like a grown-up right now. 而我真的需要你現(xiàn)在像個大人般行事。

Older than me, he had grown-up children who welcomed me as a friend. 他比我年紀(jì)大，并且他有一群長大了的孩子他們把我當(dāng)作朋友一樣歡迎我。

They're a middle-aged couple, with grown-up children. 他們是一對中年夫婦，孩子們都已成年。

He left home a mere child and came back a grown-up. 他離家時還只是個孩子，回來時已長大成人了。

I belonged. I was treated like a grown-up. 我有所屬，他們以成人待我。

My children are all grown-up now. 現(xiàn)在我的孩子都長大成人了。

I need a grown-up volunteer. 我需要一個成年志愿者。

You're so grown-up, how are you doing? 你都長這么大了，你好嗎？

同義詞辨析

mature***grown-upripe【導(dǎo)航詞義：成熟的】

mature adj. 成熟的，長成的

〔辨析〕指人或動植物發(fā)育成熟的；通常也指小孩或年輕人在性格、情感方面趨于成熟、明白事理的。

〔例證〕She is tall and more physically mature than many girls of her years.她個子很高，而且比很多同齡女孩發(fā)育成熟。There are several mature apple trees in her garden.她的花園里有幾棵成熟的蘋果樹。When is the human brain fully mature?人的大腦何時完全發(fā)育成熟？That young man is very mature for his age.那個年輕人就他的年齡來說算是很成熟的。

*** adj. 成熟的，成年的

〔辨析〕指人或動物生理上發(fā)育成熟的，只作定語；也指待人接物具有成年人特點的。

〔例證〕This is an *** tiger.這是一只成年的老虎。He spent most of his *** life in Paris.他成年后的大部分時間是在巴黎度過的。She dealt with this problem in an *** way.她以成人的方式處理這個問題。

grown-up adj. 成年的，長大的；像成年人的

〔辨析〕指已長成大人的，或外表舉止像成年人的。

〔例證〕Most American children will leave home after they are grown-up.多數(shù)美國孩子長成大人后會離家而去。He looked so grown-up in his business suit.他穿上西裝看起來成熟多了。

ripe adj. 成熟的

〔辨析〕多指水果、蔬菜等成熟的，也可引申指時機(jī)成熟的。

〔例證〕Don't pick those apples until they are ripe.那些蘋果沒熟之前不要摘。They decided to wait until the time was ripe.他們決定等到時機(jī)成熟再說。