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babyishness

/bey-bee/US // ˈbeɪ bi //UK // (ˈbeɪbɪ) //

婴儿期,婴幼儿,婴幼儿时期

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n.名词 noun
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    plural ba·bies.

    • : an infant or very young child.
    • : a newborn or very young animal.
    • : the youngest member of a family, group, etc.: I was the baby of the family for ten years, until my twin brothers were born.
    • : an adult who behaves like a child; an immature, helpless, or fearful person: Just swallow the medicine—don't be such a baby!
    • : a human fetus: The baby hasn’t arrived yet, but the nursery is ready.
    • : Informal. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.a girl or woman, especially an attractive one.a person of whom one is deeply fond; sweetheart.an affectionate or familiar address.a man or boy; fellow: He's a tough baby to have to deal with.an invention, creation, project, or the like that requires one's special attention or expertise or of which one is especially proud: His charitable foundation is his baby and it truly shows.an object; thing: Those big babies can carry a lot of cargo.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of or suitable for a baby: baby clothes.
    • : of or like a baby; infantile: baby skin.
    • : treating babies: a baby doctor.
    • : small; comparatively little: baby eggplants.
v.有主动词 verb
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    ba·bied, ba·by·ing.

    • : to treat like a young child; pamper: She still babies her son although he's nearly 24.
    • : to handle or use with special care; treat gently.

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Examples

  • “My dream is that every woman will be able to bring a baby into the world calmly and gently,” she told the Globe.

  • My baby right now, the thing that I fight every single day for actively, is the Equal Rights Amendment, which is written by Alice Paul in the early 1900s.

  • They are most famously made from bright blue fleece, or, in the company’s new “sherpa” line, baby blue and lilac, and they seem pretty flammable.

  • The new mom and dad created an online photo album, sent out invitations to everyone to join and view it, and they add many baby photos daily.

  • At first, they look like a mobile above a baby’s crib or playful sculptures in the vein of Alexander Calder.

  • How about baby drama with little Abijean and the Wee Baby Seamus?

  • He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.

  • The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.

  • Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.

  • At present, not every woman is young enough, fertile enough, or healthy enough to have a baby using her own eggs or her own womb.

  • Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.

  • She had carried the baby over to Juana's and left her there, that she might be free to serve the Father's supper.

  • Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.

  • It is a fearsome thing for a man to be left alone in the dead of night with a young baby.

  • The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.