Baby

　　Basic need

　　音形義 Everyday Expressions

　　n. [C] 嬰兒

　　She is expecting a baby. (她懷孕了。)

　　注：baby的性別不明時(shí)，通常用 it 來指代。

　　n. 孩子氣的人

　　Don’t be such a baby! (不要這樣孩子氣!)

　　n. 寶貝(親愛的)口語體為babe

　　Hey babe, you’d like another drink?

　　衍生詞語

　　babyhood (嬰兒時(shí)代);

　　babyish (幼稚的);

　　復(fù)合詞語

　　baby-sitter/baby-minder (保姆);

　　babyfaced (娃娃臉的);

　　常見搭配 Useful Phrases

　　小兒語 --- baby talk

　　乳齒 --- baby tooth

　　嫩蘿卜--- baby carrots(very small,tender carrots,not fullygrown)

　　生育高峰 --- baby boom

　　習(xí)語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs

　　baby kisser --- [美俚] 為拉選票而到處拉攏人心的人

　　babes and sucklings --- 乳臭未干的孩子

　　sleep like a baby --- 睡得香

　　生活用語 Street Talks

　　A: Rosemary, will you go to the movies with me tonight?

　　B: I wish I could, Jo. But my baby’s taking me out to dinnertonight. (情人)

　　A: Tom, I need your help. It’s out of control here.

　　B: Come on, dear. You can make it. Come on! Give the talk. Thewhole plan is your baby. (由你 負(fù)責(zé))

　　A: That wasn’t hard at all.

　　B: No, like stealing candy from a baby.

　　電影對白 Transcripts

　　句型 Now when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great CivilWar hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 《阿甘正傳》

　　對話 Lenora: Who’s your friend?

　　Gump: My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.

　　Dan: This is cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenora.

　　Lenora: Where you been Baby cakes? Huh? I haven’t seen you around lately. You know you should have been here for Christmas because Tommy bought a round on the house and gave everybody a turkey sandwich. 《阿甘正傳》

　　諺語 Proverbs

　　The rich get richer and the poor get babies.

　　富人發(fā)財(cái)，窮人得子。