adult
adult 英 [ˈædʌlt] 美 [ əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt]
adj. 成年的； n. 成年人
名词复数:adults
- Adult is noun and an adjective, both of which refer to something mature, no longer a child. A full-grown person is called an adult: they can drink, smoke, vote, and watch R-rated movies.
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- adj. 成年的；
- n. 成年人
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1. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
儿童必须要有大人陪同。
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2. adult monkeys
长成的猴子
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3. an adult movie
仅供成人观看的电影
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4. Why can't you two act like adults?
你们俩为什么就不能像成年人那样行事呢？
- adult (adj.) 1530s (but not common until mid-17c.) "grown, mature," from Latin adultus "grown up, mature, adult, ripe," past participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen," from ad "to" (see ad-) + alescere "be nourished," hence, "increase, grow up," inchoative of alere "to nourish," from a suffixed form of PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish."
- adult (n.) "adult person," 1650s, from adult (adj.).
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