babies

英 [ˈbeɪbiz]

美 [ˈbeɪbiz]

n.  婴儿; 动物幼崽; (家庭或团体中)最年幼的成员; 幼稚的人; 孩子气的人
v.  婴儿般对待; 百般呵护
baby的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 婴儿；婴孩
  Ababyis a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
  1. She used to take care of me when I was a baby...
     我还在襁褓中时，她曾经照顾过我。
  2. My wife has just had a baby...
     我妻子刚生了孩子。
  3. Claire had to dress her baby sister.
     克莱尔得给年幼的妹妹穿衣服。
• N-COUNT （动物）幼崽；幼兽；幼鸟
  Ababyanimal is a very young animal.
  1. ...a baby elephant.
     幼象
  2. ...baby birds.
     雏鸟
• ADJ （蔬菜）幼嫩的
  Babyvegetables are vegetables picked when they are very small.
  1. Serve with baby new potatoes.
     配上小个的新土豆。
• N-VOC; N-COUNT 宝贝儿（昵称，尤用于年轻女性）
  Some people usebabyas an affectionate way of addressing someone, especially a young woman, or referring to them.
  1. You have to wake up now, baby...
     该起床了，宝贝儿。
  2. He was confused, poor baby.
     他都懵了，可怜的家伙。
• 把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉；将精华连同糟粕一起丢弃；不分好坏地全盘抛弃
  If youthrow the baby out with the bath water, you lose the good parts of something as well as the bad parts, because you reject it as a whole instead of just removing what is bad.
• PHRASE 替他人擦屁股；替别人干苦差事
  If youare left holding the baby, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it.
  1. You go off round the world, and leave me to hold the baby.
     你满世界地跑，把苦差事都扔给我。

in AM, use 美国英语用 be left holding the bag

双语例句

• Babies of eight to twelve months are generally highly imitative.
  8到12个月大的婴儿通常很爱模仿。
• She and Chantal must have exhausted the subject of babies and clothes.
  她和尚塔尔肯定已经充分讨论过宝宝和衣服的问题。
• Stern also studies and observes the behaviour of babies
  斯特恩还研究观察婴儿的行为。
• Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark
  研究表明婴儿通过辨别光亮和黑暗的区域来学会看东西。
• Babies lose heat much faster than adults
  婴儿散失热量较成人快很多。
• Babies who sleep with their parents receive much more tactile stimulation than babies who sleep in a cot
  婴儿和父母睡在一块儿比单独睡在婴儿床中能得到更多的触觉刺激。
• Many women who miscarry eventually have healthy babies.
  许多曾经小产的女人最终都生下了健康的宝宝。
• In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost
  过去，患有糖尿病的女性生下的孩子中约有1/3夭折了。
• Orange juice seems to disagree with some babies.
  橙汁似乎不适合某些婴儿饮用。
• Two smiley babies are waiting for their lunch.
  两个宝宝正笑眯眯地等着他们的午饭。