- A baby is the one wearing diapers and a pacifier in her mouth. That baby is so darn lovable, however, that the word is perhaps overused to describe anyone or anything you feel passionately about.
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- n. 婴儿，
- adj. 婴儿的；幼小的
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1. baby carrots
小胡萝卜
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2. The baby's crying!
婴儿在哭！
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3. a newborn baby
新生儿
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4. a baby boy/girl
男婴；女婴
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5. She had a baby last year.
她去年生了个孩子。
- baby (n.) late 14c., babi, "infant of either sex," diminutive of babe (see babe) with -y (3). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c. 1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is by 1897. As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901 (OED writes, "the degree of slanginess in the nineteenth-century examples is not easily determinable"); its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl" (see vamp (n.2)), student slang from c. 1922.
- baby (v.) "to treat like a baby," 1742, from baby (n.). Related: Babied; babying.
baby ★ / ˈbeɪbi ; NAmE ˈbeɪbi / noun , adjective , verb baby babies babied babying noun ★ ( plural babies ) 1 ★ a very young child or animal 婴儿；动物幼崽 ◆ The baby's crying! 婴儿在哭！ ◆ a newborn baby 新生儿 ◆ My sister's expecting a baby (= she is pregnant). 我姐姐怀孕了。 ◆ She had a babylast year. 她去年生了个孩子。 ◆ a baby boy/girl 男婴；女婴 ◆ baby food/clothes 婴儿食品╱服装 ◆ a baby monkey/blackbird 幼猴；黑鹂雏 ☞ collocationsat child 2 ( informal) the youngest member of a family or group （家庭或团体中）最年幼的成员 ◆ He's the baby of the team. 他在队里年纪最小。 3 ( disapproving) a person who behaves like a young child and is easily upset 幼稚的人；孩子气的人 ◆ Stop crying and don't be such a baby. 别哭了，别这么孩子气。 4 ( slang) ( especially NAmE) a word used to address sb, especially your wife, husband or lover, in a way that expresses affection but that can be offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not know 宝贝儿，心肝儿（对爱人的昵称。男子用以称呼不相识的女子则有冒犯之嫌） IDIOMS be your/sb's baby ( informal) to be a plan or project that sb is responsible for and cares about because they have created it （计划或项目）就像某人的孩子一样（因亲自制订而尽心负责） leave sb holding the ˈbaby ( informal) to suddenly make sb responsible for sth important that is really your responsibility （突然）把重大责任推给某人 ◆ He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby. 他换了工作，把活儿甩给我们。 throw the baby out with the ˈbathwater ( informal) to lose sth that you want at the same time as you are trying to get rid of sth that you do not want 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉（丢弃不想要的东西的同时失去宝贵的东西） ☞more at candy , sleep v. adjective [only before noun ] babyvegetables are a very small version of particular vegetables, or are picked when they are very small （蔬菜）小型的，幼嫩的 ◆ baby carrots 小胡萝卜 verb ( ba·bies , baby·ing , ba·bied , ba·bied ) babysb to treat sb with too much care, as if they were a baby 婴儿般对待；百般呵护 baby / ˈbeɪbi ; NAmE ˈbeɪbi /
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