adult是什么意思？

adult

英[ˈædʌlt] 美[ əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt]

• adj. 成熟的，（智力、思想、行为）成熟的，成年人的，成年的；
• n. 成年的人或动物；

复数：adults;

例句

• Children unaccompanied by an adult will not be admitted. 儿童无成年人陪伴着不准入场。
• an approach especially suited to the adult learner 特别适合成年学习者的方法
• Empathy for the criminal’s childhood misery does not imply exoneration of the crimes he committed as an adult. 对罪犯悲惨的童年表示怜悯不等于可以免除他长大成人后所犯的罪。
• She has diminutive hands for an adult. 作为一个成年人,她的手显得非常小。
• The bear was a fully grown adult. 那只熊已完全发育成熟。
• Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult. 凡是超过18岁的都算成年人。
• We should do our best to develop the adult education. 我们应当努力发展成人教育。
• He is adult in behaviour. 从行为上看, 他已成熟了。
• For most of his adult life, Turner has been stuck in a coach's Catch - 22. 因为特纳的大部分成年生活, 是被卡在了教练的第22条军规上.
• The team injected a cocktail of three viruses into the pancreases of adult mice. 该研究小组把三种病毒的混合剂注入成年鼠的胰腺内.

同义词

• adj.
  adult的同义词之：成年的;成熟的
  of, age, developed, mature, grown-up, full-grown,
• adult的同义词之：其他释义
  full-grown, grown-up, big, age, mature, of,

反义词

• adj.
  adult的反义词之：成年的;成年人的;成熟的
  puerile, immature, juvenile, adolescent, childish,
• adult的反义词之：其他释义
  child, nonage, childlike,

同义词解析

• 以下这些形容词均有"成年的，成熟的" 的意思
  adult ：一般指生理上的童年期已结束，达到法定年龄。
  grown-up ：多用于口语，含义与adult基本相同，但更侧重脱离儿童阶段，已成大人，与childish意思相反。
  mature ：用于生物时，指完全长好了。用于人时，指达到了生命的黄金时期，但所暗示的青少年和成年之间的界限不明显。

英语四级真题

It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in households where at least one adult is working.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
But by senior year, two-thirds have moved up to physics," says Gilbert "Our kids are coming to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were younger.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

MS is the biggest crippler of young adults.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
It is the biggest crippler of young adults
出自-2013年12月听力原文
Then Michael, the eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family.
出自-2012年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （法律意义上的）成年人
  An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions.
  例句
  Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult... 当了父亲意味着他已是个成年人了。 Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. 14岁以下的儿童必须由成人陪同。
• N-COUNT
  成年动物
  An adult is a fully developed animal.
  例句
  ...a pair of adult birds. 一对成年鸟
• ADJ
  成年的；属于成人的
  Adult means relating to the time when you are an adult, or typical of adult people.
  例句
  I've lived most of my adult life in London. 我成年之后的大部分时间都是在伦敦度过的。
• ADJ-GRADED
  成熟的；老成的
  If you say that someone is adult about something, you think that they act in a mature, intelligent way, especially when faced with a difficult situation.
  例句
  We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink. 在这件事上我们表现得很成熟。我们一边喝酒一边心平气和地谈了谈。 ...dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way. 平静对待出现的性征
• ADJ
  （涉及性内容的电影或书籍）仅限于成人的
  You can describe things such as films or books as adult when they deal with sex in a very clear and open way.
  例句
  ...an adult movie. 成人电影

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  成熟的; （智力、思想、行为）成熟的，成人的
  He is adult in behaviour. 从行为上看, 他已成熟了。
  成年人的, 适宜于成年人的, 仅限成人的（因有色情或暴力内容）
  We should do our best to develop the adult education. 我们应当努力发展成人教育。
• n.
  成年的人或动物
  Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult. 凡是超过18岁的都算成年人。 The bear was a fully grown adult. 那只熊已完全发育成熟。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a fully developed person from maturity onward
  2. any mature animal
• Adjective
  1. (of animals) fully developed;
  "an adult animal""a grown woman"

行业词典

• 动物学： 成体；
  医学： 成年的，已成人的，已成熟的；成体，成虫；
  昆虫学： 成虫；成螨；成蜱；成蟲；成蟎；
  法律： 成年人；