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一、Child相关单词：

Inner child 心中儿童般的情感

Celebrating Children’s Day gives me a chance to reconnect with my inner child. 庆祝儿童节给我一个找回我心中儿童情感的机会。

childish

① 孩子般的The little girl spoke in a high childish voice. 这个小女孩用尖尖的童声讲话。②幼稚的Crying for things you can't have is childish. 想要的东西得不到就哭是孩子气的表现。

childlike

天真的;童稚的;孩子般的Though nearly at the age of fifty, he still retains childlike innocence.他虽年近半百，但仍童心未泯。

childbearing/childbirth

分娩，生孩子A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth/childbearing.分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。

二、Child 相关词组：

Only child 独子

He is the only child in the family. 他是家里独苗

Child-free 没有孩子的(地方)

Many young people prefer child-free resorts when choosing where to stay on holidays.很多年轻人在选度假酒店时会更喜欢选择没有儿童入住的度假村。

Child labour 童工

Using child labour in England is illegal. 在英格兰使用童工是违法的。

Child-friendly 适合儿童的、对儿童友好的地方

It can be hard to find child-friendly restaurants.找适合儿童的餐厅有时候不那么容易。

Childcare 儿童保育

Some women are unable to return to work after having children because of a lack of childcare.有些女性在生了孩子后因为要照看孩子而不能返回自己的工作岗位。

Childminder 照看孩子的人

Good, trust-worthy childminders are in great demand in big cities.大城市里非常需要好的、让人信赖的看孩子的阿姨

Child benefit 儿童津贴

Child benefit helps working parents support their families. 儿童津贴会帮助双职工家庭支持家中的生活。

Child's play 容易做的事

Using mobile phones to pay for taxi rides these days is child’s play. 现如今用手机付出租车费是非常容易的。

in one's second childhood 返老还童

My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.我爸给自己买了一个玩具火车，我妈说他真是返老还童了。

sleep like a baby 睡得香

Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.我睡得很沉，没什么东西能把我吵醒。

kid's stuff 很容易的事情

Climbing that hill is kid's stuff.爬那座山太小儿科了。

like a kid with a new toy 很开心

Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy.每次比尔往厨房里添个什么新物件，他都像一个得了新玩具的孩子一般高兴。

like a kid in a candy store (就像孩子在糖果店那般)激动

如果说某人像糖果店里的小孩子，那么他们就是对某事特别激动。例句：When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store.当我得到那份工作的时候，我像糖果店里的小孩一样兴奋。

new kid on the block 新人

I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month.我是公司的新员工，才来了一个月。

latchkey kid 挂钥匙儿童(指因为父母忙于工作，放学后独自在家的孩子)

My dad came home at eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.小的时候我是个“挂钥匙”儿童，我爸晚上八点才回家，我妈七点回家。

a whizz-kid(尤指在金融方面的)神童，奇才

They've taken on some financial whizz-kid who's going to sort all their problems out. 他们请了些金融天才来帮他们解决问题。

child's play 轻而易举的事

For me, playing the guitar is child's play. It's so easy.

对我来说，弹吉他小菜一碟，非常简单。

mommy's boy 妈宝

妈宝男在当今可是个贬义词哦…John needs to grow up. He's such a mummy's boy! His mom still makes him lunch and he's 30 years old.约翰需要成熟点了。他太依赖妈妈了。都三十岁了还让妈妈给他做午饭。

baby brain 孕傻

俗话说"一孕傻三年"，意思是当女性怀孕后，准妈咪的记忆力会有衰退的迹象，常常会丢三落四，我们称之为“孕傻”。Many women claim they suffer "baby brain" in pregnancy, becoming forgetful.许多女性称自己在孕期受"孕傻"的影响，变得健忘。

baby-kisser 政客

从字面上看，该词是"吻婴儿的人"，但实际上这是揶揄政坛人士的用语，即"政客"的别名。Baby-kissers为了争取民众支持、捞取选票，不惜花大量的时间与精力去讨好民众，时时刻刻笑脸相迎，见到母亲们抱着baby时也会故作姿态抢过baby来kiss一番，以示与民众同喜同乐，打成一片。

It seems that baby-kissers are praised as much as they are criticized.似乎政客们收到多少毁誉就会收到多少赞扬。

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