babyishness
婴儿期,婴幼儿,婴幼儿时期
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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.
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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.
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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.