adult

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英 [ˈædʌlt]

美 [ əˈdʌlt, ˈædʌlt]

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adj.

成熟的；（智力、思想、行为）成熟的；成年人的；成年的

成年的人或动物；

变形

复数：adults

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

成熟的 grown to full size or strength; intellectually or emotionally mature
成年人的,适宜于成年人的 old enough to vote, marry, etc.

n.(名词)

[C]成年的人〔动物〕 adult person or animal

英英释义

adult[ 'ædʌlt, ə'dʌlt ]

n.
- a fully developed person from maturity onward
  同义词：grownup
- any mature animal
adj.(of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"
同义词：bigfull-grownfully growngrowngrownup

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词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

adult education成人教育
adult man成年人

副词+～

completely adult完全成熟的
emotionally adult感情上成熟的
intellectually adult智力上成熟的

～+介词

adult in behaviour行为成熟

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

independent adult能自立的成年人

介词+～

education for adults成人教育

词组短语

adult education成人教育

young adult年轻人；大学生

adult population成年人口

adult learning成人学习

mature adult成熟的成年人

adult school成人学校；成人进修学校

adult movie n. 成人电影

adult respiratory distress syndrome成人呼吸窘迫综合征

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

mature, adult, grown-up

这组词都有“成年的，成熟的”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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, ripe, adult, grown-up

mature泛指动植物的成熟

ripe主要用于果实成熟；

adult强调法律规定的成年人；

grown-up身体发育成熟；

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Child who is not accompanied by an adult will not be admitted.
儿童无成人带领不得入内。
The bear was a fully grown adult.
那只熊已完全发育成熟.

用作形容词(adj.)

He spent his adult life in Canada.
他在加拿大度过了他的成年时期。
Can you try and be a little more adult about this?
你能不能试着更理智一点地看待这件事？
Children are not admitted, for this is an adult film.
儿童不得入内观看,因为这是一部成人电影。
His behavior is not particularly adult.
他的举止行为还不太成熟。

权威例句

Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus
Multilineage potential of adult human mesenchymal stem cells.
Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells TL - 284
Lung imaging in the adult respiratory distress syndrome: current practice and new insights.
Multipotent adult progenitor cells from bone marrow differentiate into functional hepatocyte-like cells
Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow.
Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors.
Generation of neurons and astrocytes from isolated cells of the adult mammalian central nervous system.
ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines

同义词

ripe mellow matured mature major grownup grown-up grown full-blown fledged developed

反义词