Definition of baby in English:

baby

nounPlural babies ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi

1A very young child.
his wife's just had a baby
他妻子刚生了孩子。
as modifier a baby girl
Example sentencesExamples
- As they looked at their tiny newborn babies, these brave young survivors felt a powerful surge of protection.
- They now believe even younger babies, even tinier tots can be encouraged to give life a go.
- There were old and young people, little boys and girls, teenagers and babies in prams.
- I decided to make up names for the family; pretend they were mine, the girl and the babies were my younger siblings, and the man and woman were my mother and father.
- I suppose there may have been men, women, girls, boys, babies among them, but I saw no faces.
- And she opens up to showbiz tonight about being grandma to Gwyneth Paltrow's baby daughter.
- The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first.
- We breed, we make babies, the babies are either girls or boys.
- This is to prevent staff and visitors from accidentally referring to boy babies as girls, and vice versa.
- You know how to tell a boy baby from a girl baby without having to look at their genitalia?
- Lydia didn't even want a baby; boy or girl, name or no name, what did it matter to her?
- Because of the children and the difficulties of taking a tiny baby and a young toddler together up and down the stairs, she did not get out much.
- The equipment and funds help save the lives of newborn babies and young children with congenital heart disease.
- The ultrasound probe is used mainly for head scanning of newborn babies and young children.
- Everywhere I go now I see young women, girls really, pushing babies around in prams and babycarts.
- The theme of ‘the four ages of dental health’ will explore problems faced by babies, children, teenagers and the elderly.
- This age range is the hardest to find carers for as most people choose to provide foster care for babies and young children.
- The father and mother held on to two babies while a young girl sat in front of them.
- Does smoking during pregnancy cause other problems in babies or young children?
- You see babies and you see infants - tiny, tiny babies, some as young as a week old.
Synonyms
infant, newborn, child, tot, little one
Scottish &amp Northern English bairn
informal sprog, bundle of joy, tiny
literary babe, babe in arms
technical neonate
1. 1.1 A very young animal.
  bats only have one baby a year
  as modifier baby rabbits
  Example sentencesExamples
  I asserted that rats were disinclined to move across broken glass under most conditions, but put broken glass between a rat and her babies and she would cross it without hesitation.
  She discovered the feral cat and its four babies after her bunny Starsky hopped up and down the garden to attract her attention.
  Three capybaras have been born at the popular animal park and the babies are now delighting visitors as they lap up the autumn sunshine.
  Hoss had figured out that human babies grew inside of their mothers' tummies, just as animal babies did, but as yet it had not occurred to him to ask how they got in there in the first place.
  The attraction's other Easter babies include wallabies, chicks, lambs, goats, guinea pigs, mara and raccoons.
  It seems that she wants to keep him as her own toy, since her parents had previously promised her a lamb as a pet baby, and not given it to her.
  The breeder must be prepared to take full responsibility for their animal babies for their entire life.
  My rabbit just had babies with his ‘brother’ - they are so unbelievably adorable!
  A home for Kentucky Derby winners should be sunshine, bluegrass and pretty mares waiting to make babies who can fly.
  Alice told me she enjoyed meeting Mrs Gow and asked questions like how many babies do goats have and what do they eat.
  Penguin popularity shows its ‘fowl’ side as a baby penguin is plucked from a British zoo.
  The goal in this case is to return a Neanderthal baby to his family.
  Nick pumps out mix compilations faster than bunny rabbits have babies.
  Very early on, with a new baby rabbit you should get it used to being handled.
  And he accepted without censure that its impulse to slaughter the babies of other animals was entirely natural.
  Why do most animals have their babies in the spring?
  A camel gives birth to her baby, or colt - but won't suckle it.
  She said a box with a mother rabbit, her four babies and another adult female were found by her husband Mike when making final checks by the main gate at 2am yesterday.
  But the doting couple are blissfully unaware that their baby is actually a GOOSE.
2. 1.2 The youngest member of a family or group.
  老幺（家庭或群体中年纪最小的人）
  Clara was the baby of the family
  克拉拉是家里的老幺。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After years of being the baby of the family, I decided to meet my parents on neutral ground.
  She is, after all, the baby of the family and she needs me the most.
  Here, Washoe was no longer the baby of the family but was now living with chimpanzees a few years younger than herself.
  The baby of the family has a picture of Denis over his own bed at home.
  His dad had remarried and Sykes was no longer the baby of the family: he now had a half-brother, John.
  Still, for the baby of the family, most people prefer the cleanliness and purity of white.
  Despite this, he still towers over me, and I feel like the baby of the family as he walks over and gives me a quick, awkward hug.
  Kevin hopes to have the baby of the family, the gallant John Joe, groomed for the next event.
  From what Jim told him, Hannah Dawson is the baby of the family.
  Sharon was the baby of the family.
  He's from a family of five tennis players, Tracy Austin, the baby of the family.
  Nesbitt was the baby of the family growing up in Antrim.
  This is what I get for being related to someone that is overly obsessed with what her peers think and is the baby of the family.
  I'm the baby of my family too and I can sympathize on the younger cousin deal.
  Thérèse had been the adored baby of her family, instructed every day by two elder sisters who proceeded her into the Carmelite convent in Lisieux.
  Anne Marie has six brothers and three sisters and is the baby of the family.
  Two have already left home and the baby in our family is 13.
  He was only 12 and the baby of the family as our other children have all grown up and left home.
  She's telling me to acknowledge the sister and she's also bringing up the baby of the family.
  The Range Rover badge carries with it a lot of prestige and, while this is the baby of the family, it's still more desirable than anything from Japan.
  Synonyms
  youngest, junior member
  smallest, littlest
3. 1.3 A timid or childish person.
  胆小的人；幼稚的人
  ‘Don't be such a baby!’ she said witheringly
  “别像个孩子似的！”她尖刻地说。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maybe I shouldn't be such a baby about things, but I am upset with my doctor's office right now.
  Stop being such a baby.
  Synonyms
  namby-pamby, weakling, milksop, milquetoast
4. 1.4one's babyinformal One's particular responsibility or concern.
  〈喻〉责任；成就；兴趣
  ‘This is your baby, Gerry,’ she said, handing him the brief
  Example sentencesExamples
  I believe it's your baby now but please do some more research.
  Granted, it's his baby, and he can do what he wants with it, but he introduced it as an action/adventure entertainment show.
  It's my baby so I don't really have any time for any other bands.
  Synonyms
  responsibility, business, affair, charge, duty, job, task, occupation
2informal A lover or spouse (often as a form of address)
my baby left me for another guy
我的宝贝儿离开我，跟另一个家伙走了。
Example sentencesExamples
- She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby.
- I do love you baby.
- As for telling us to grow up and grow some hair, I'd love to, baby, I really would.
Synonyms
darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear
1. 2.1 A thing regarded with affection or familiarity.
  宝贝（喜爱或熟悉的东西）
  this baby can reach speeds of 120 mph
  这辆宝贝每小时能跑到120英里。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I personally would not do it, simply because my laptop is my baby.
  This is the only way you can purchase this baby at a discounted price.
  That's not his everyday car, it's his baby.
  Synonyms
  darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear

adjective ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi

1attributive Comparatively small or immature of its kind.
（幼）小的；小型的
a baby version of the Oxford Movement
牛津运动的微型版。
Example sentencesExamples
- Looking for a used grand or baby grand piano?
- Not the display case where you can buy fake nose rings and baby tees and mini glowsticks to roll around on your tongue.
- We are the sole commercial outlet for the impressive GM6, which is a baby version of our popular GM2 gear motor.
- The shirt was a pink baby tee with a tiny pocket on the right side of my chest.
Synonyms
miniature, mini, little, small, small-scale, scaled-down, toy, pocket, midget, dwarf, fun-size
Scottish wee
North American vest-pocket
informal teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, weeny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, eensy, eensy-weensy, tiddly, pint-sized, bite-sized
British informal titchy
North American informal little-bitty
1. 1.1 (of vegetables) picked before reaching their usual size.
  （蔬菜）嫩的；未完全长熟就采摘的
  baby carrots
  嫩胡萝卜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The spring veggies were another hit: baby carrots, asparagus, French greens and corn in light soy sauce.
  The cheddar mash had no overtly cheesy taste but was rich and creamy and the dish was served with a thick onion gravy, dotted with baby onions.
  Any vegetable producer tan package baby carrots or cut-up celery in individual portions.
  If you love to munch on baby carrots as snacks, dip them in reduced-fat dressing, she suggests.
  The only disappointment is the baby potatoes that were obviously frozen.
  The fish had a deliciously crispy skin, moist flesh and was served with baby onions and carrots.
  If you want to be veggie, go for the selection of baby vegetables with garlic flavoured tomato concentrate.
  In a pan of boiling water cook the baby potatoes for 10-12 mins until cooked through.
  My son and I polished off the baby carrots and radishes before we even got home!
  Sometimes with deals like this, you are punished with minute servings, but the bowl was full of juicy baby mushrooms.
  Top and tail the green beans, peel the baby onions or cut the spring onion into 2.5cm pieces.
  Next day I simply emptied the bag into the prepared pot, stirred to brown and then added two big sliced onions and a few diced baby carrots.
  Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant.
  At this time of year garden centres have tray upon tray of baby vegetables all ready for planting out.
  So fill in by serving baby carrots or sliced red or green peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing.
  Lunch could be salmon fillet with orange couscous and baby carrots.
  And while I was there, I decided to pick up a few bags of pretzels and some of those baby carrots.
  Good though it was, it was eclipsed by the fantastic tapering baby carrots on which it sat.
  The roasted baby onions added an extra sweet layer in an exceptionally moist duck for €22.95.
  Their food selection was fair and I eventually had a tuna steak with rice and baby carrots.

verbbabies, babied, babying ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi

[with object]

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.
把（某人）当作婴儿对待；溺爱；对…保护过多
her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes
Example sentencesExamples
- Adair's father acted more like a father to Kathleen then he did to Mark and Persephone, and they all babied Kathleen ridiculously.
- This was because of the way Daddy babied me, as though I was still six years old.
- It's funny how we both thought that Libby would not like Brant babying her!
- I would hate having to carry him after the fuss I made about not babying him anymore.
- On the other hand, he was fourteen and didn't need his mother constantly babying him.
- However, he was tired of her always babying him.
- I know you feel like we are babying you, but we are trying to protect you.
- He accused her of babying him up, and treating him too nicely.
- ‘Your mother always babied you,’ he continued.
- Those middle school teachers babied us too much.
- Brett still babied her and came home early from work to be with her.
- I finally gave into Bryan's demands that I stop babying him and let him drive himself.
- I had never babied him the way I babied our Baby Chad, but I've always watched over each of my brothers, just especially the younger ones.
- Did she want me to pull out her chair for her, or would she see that as babying her?
- But maybe he shouldn't have babied her as he had.
- She becomes bold and refuses the will of her husband, and she repudiates babying her children.
- I don't plan on babying him at all, and I don't want him to feel embarrassed by my crazy antics.
- She tells him he doesn't need to push himself, but he disagrees, and wishes that she would stop babying him.
- He wouldn't get better if they babied him all the time.
- So I've been babying her and giving her extra treats and stuff.
Synonyms
pamper, mollycoddle, spoil, cosset, coddle, indulge, overindulge, pet, wait on someone hand and foot, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent, nanny
pander to
archaic cocker

Phrases

throw the baby out with the bathwater

Discard something valuable along with other things that are undesirable.
把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉；把精华连同糟粕都一起扔了
Example sentencesExamples
- In this case, I don't see how you could ‘close the loophole’ without throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- It is hoped that the reforms will achieve their purpose of improving the health system but will avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- Surely what we're doing is throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the failures of individuals lead to the rejection of a religious sense?
- I feel I'm relatively representative of Canadians and I don't want the Conservatives throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- No right-thinking person wants to downplay this problem or its implications, but we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Derivatives

babyhood

noun ˈbeɪbɪhʊdˈbeɪbiˌhʊd

I have long since given up cigarettes again, apart from a very occasional rollie, but I still miss standing outside on the cold moonlit nights, or maybe I miss my son's babyhood.
Example sentencesExamples
- A boy's first haircut is an event, a non-biological marker of movement from babyhood into childhood.
- ‘The pictures of my pregnancy and my daughter's babyhood were destroyed,’ says Fuentes.
- The strange thing is, I don't really remember any of my children's babyhoods, but I remember her.
- The baby will come into the world, perhaps kicking and screaming, but babyhood will only be the beginning of a continuing process of growth and change.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.

Both baby and babe probably come from the way that the sound ba is repeated by very young children. Babble (Middle English) probably came from the same source, along with words such as mama (mid 16th century) and papa (late 17th century). Similar forms are found in many different languages. A person's lover or spouse has been their baby since the middle of the 19th century. The sense ‘someone's creation or special concern’ dates from later in that century—in 1890 artificial silk was referred to as its inventor's ‘new-born baby’. The proverb don't throw the baby out with the bathwater is from German. The first known appearance in English is from the Scottish historian and political philosopher Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), who wrote in 1853 that ‘The Germans say, “You must empty out the bathing-tub, but not the baby along with it”.’ Babe originally just meant ‘child’, and only later became restricted to a child too young to walk. Inexperienced people in a situation calling for experience are babes in the wood, from characters in an old ballad The Children in the Wood, whose wicked uncle wanted to steal their inheritance and abandoned them in a wood. The proverbial phrase out of the mouths of babes is used when a precocious child says something unexpectedly appropriate. It has biblical origins, being found in Psalms and the Gospel of Matthew. A babe today is generally an attractive young person. The first babes were men. In the 1870s the youngest member of a class of US military cadets was called the babe, rather like ‘the baby of the family’. The term was then used as a friendly form of address between men before it came to mean a sexy girl. See also bimbo

Rhymes

Achebe, maybe

Definition of baby in US English:

baby

nounˈbābēˈbeɪbi

1A very young child, especially one newly or recently born.
婴儿（尤指新生儿）
his wife's just had a baby
他妻子刚生了孩子。
as modifier a baby girl
Example sentencesExamples
- The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first.
- Does smoking during pregnancy cause other problems in babies or young children?
- You see babies and you see infants - tiny, tiny babies, some as young as a week old.
- The ultrasound probe is used mainly for head scanning of newborn babies and young children.
- This age range is the hardest to find carers for as most people choose to provide foster care for babies and young children.
- Everywhere I go now I see young women, girls really, pushing babies around in prams and babycarts.
- Because of the children and the difficulties of taking a tiny baby and a young toddler together up and down the stairs, she did not get out much.
- We breed, we make babies, the babies are either girls or boys.
- As they looked at their tiny newborn babies, these brave young survivors felt a powerful surge of protection.
- I decided to make up names for the family; pretend they were mine, the girl and the babies were my younger siblings, and the man and woman were my mother and father.
- I suppose there may have been men, women, girls, boys, babies among them, but I saw no faces.
- This is to prevent staff and visitors from accidentally referring to boy babies as girls, and vice versa.
- There were old and young people, little boys and girls, teenagers and babies in prams.
- They now believe even younger babies, even tinier tots can be encouraged to give life a go.
- You know how to tell a boy baby from a girl baby without having to look at their genitalia?
- The father and mother held on to two babies while a young girl sat in front of them.
- The equipment and funds help save the lives of newborn babies and young children with congenital heart disease.
- The theme of ‘the four ages of dental health’ will explore problems faced by babies, children, teenagers and the elderly.
- And she opens up to showbiz tonight about being grandma to Gwyneth Paltrow's baby daughter.
- Lydia didn't even want a baby; boy or girl, name or no name, what did it matter to her?
Synonyms
infant, newborn, child, tot, little one
1. 1.1 A young or newly born animal.
  （动物）幼崽；幼鸟
  Example sentencesExamples
  The breeder must be prepared to take full responsibility for their animal babies for their entire life.
  A home for Kentucky Derby winners should be sunshine, bluegrass and pretty mares waiting to make babies who can fly.
  The goal in this case is to return a Neanderthal baby to his family.
  She discovered the feral cat and its four babies after her bunny Starsky hopped up and down the garden to attract her attention.
  Three capybaras have been born at the popular animal park and the babies are now delighting visitors as they lap up the autumn sunshine.
  It seems that she wants to keep him as her own toy, since her parents had previously promised her a lamb as a pet baby, and not given it to her.
  But the doting couple are blissfully unaware that their baby is actually a GOOSE.
  The attraction's other Easter babies include wallabies, chicks, lambs, goats, guinea pigs, mara and raccoons.
  Alice told me she enjoyed meeting Mrs Gow and asked questions like how many babies do goats have and what do they eat.
  Nick pumps out mix compilations faster than bunny rabbits have babies.
  My rabbit just had babies with his ‘brother’ - they are so unbelievably adorable!
  And he accepted without censure that its impulse to slaughter the babies of other animals was entirely natural.
  Hoss had figured out that human babies grew inside of their mothers' tummies, just as animal babies did, but as yet it had not occurred to him to ask how they got in there in the first place.
  She said a box with a mother rabbit, her four babies and another adult female were found by her husband Mike when making final checks by the main gate at 2am yesterday.
  Penguin popularity shows its ‘fowl’ side as a baby penguin is plucked from a British zoo.
  Why do most animals have their babies in the spring?
  I asserted that rats were disinclined to move across broken glass under most conditions, but put broken glass between a rat and her babies and she would cross it without hesitation.
  Very early on, with a new baby rabbit you should get it used to being handled.
  A camel gives birth to her baby, or colt - but won't suckle it.
2. 1.2 The youngest member of a family or group.
  老幺（家庭或群体中年纪最小的人）
  Clara was the baby of the family
  克拉拉是家里的老幺。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The baby of the family has a picture of Denis over his own bed at home.
  Kevin hopes to have the baby of the family, the gallant John Joe, groomed for the next event.
  Thérèse had been the adored baby of her family, instructed every day by two elder sisters who proceeded her into the Carmelite convent in Lisieux.
  Still, for the baby of the family, most people prefer the cleanliness and purity of white.
  Anne Marie has six brothers and three sisters and is the baby of the family.
  From what Jim told him, Hannah Dawson is the baby of the family.
  The Range Rover badge carries with it a lot of prestige and, while this is the baby of the family, it's still more desirable than anything from Japan.
  Despite this, he still towers over me, and I feel like the baby of the family as he walks over and gives me a quick, awkward hug.
  Here, Washoe was no longer the baby of the family but was now living with chimpanzees a few years younger than herself.
  He's from a family of five tennis players, Tracy Austin, the baby of the family.
  Sharon was the baby of the family.
  Nesbitt was the baby of the family growing up in Antrim.
  She's telling me to acknowledge the sister and she's also bringing up the baby of the family.
  His dad had remarried and Sykes was no longer the baby of the family: he now had a half-brother, John.
  I'm the baby of my family too and I can sympathize on the younger cousin deal.
  He was only 12 and the baby of the family as our other children have all grown up and left home.
  She is, after all, the baby of the family and she needs me the most.
  After years of being the baby of the family, I decided to meet my parents on neutral ground.
  Two have already left home and the baby in our family is 13.
  This is what I get for being related to someone that is overly obsessed with what her peers think and is the baby of the family.
  Synonyms
  youngest, junior member
3. 1.3 A timid or childish person.
  胆小的人；幼稚的人
  “Don't be such a baby!” she said witheringly
  “别像个孩子似的！”她尖刻地说。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maybe I shouldn't be such a baby about things, but I am upset with my doctor's office right now.
  Stop being such a baby.
  Synonyms
  namby-pamby, weakling, milksop, milquetoast
4. 1.4one's babyinformal One's particular responsibility, achievement, or concern.
  〈喻〉责任；成就；兴趣
  “This is your baby, Gerry,” she said, handing him the brief
  Example sentencesExamples
  Granted, it's his baby, and he can do what he wants with it, but he introduced it as an action/adventure entertainment show.
  I believe it's your baby now but please do some more research.
  It's my baby so I don't really have any time for any other bands.
  Synonyms
  responsibility, business, affair, charge, duty, job, task, occupation
2informal A young woman or a person with whom one is having a romantic relationship (often as a form of address)
〈非正式〉宝贝儿（指年轻女子或爱人，常用作称呼）
my baby left me for another guy
我的宝贝儿离开我，跟另一个家伙走了。
baby, don't cry!
Example sentencesExamples
- As for telling us to grow up and grow some hair, I'd love to, baby, I really would.
- I do love you baby.
- She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby.
Synonyms
darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear
1. 2.1 A thing regarded with affection or familiarity.
  宝贝（喜爱或熟悉的东西）
  this baby can reach speeds of 140 mph
  这辆宝贝每小时能跑到120英里。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That's not his everyday car, it's his baby.
  This is the only way you can purchase this baby at a discounted price.
  I personally would not do it, simply because my laptop is my baby.
  Synonyms
  darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear

adjectiveˈbābēˈbeɪbi

1attributive Comparatively small or immature of its kind.
（幼）小的；小型的
a baby grand piano
Example sentencesExamples
- Not the display case where you can buy fake nose rings and baby tees and mini glowsticks to roll around on your tongue.
- The shirt was a pink baby tee with a tiny pocket on the right side of my chest.
- Looking for a used grand or baby grand piano?
- We are the sole commercial outlet for the impressive GM6, which is a baby version of our popular GM2 gear motor.
Synonyms
miniature, mini, little, small, small-scale, scaled-down, toy, pocket, midget, dwarf, fun-size
1. 1.1 (of vegetables) picked before reaching their usual size.
  （蔬菜）嫩的；未完全长熟就采摘的
  baby carrots
  嫩胡萝卜。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Top and tail the green beans, peel the baby onions or cut the spring onion into 2.5cm pieces.
  At this time of year garden centres have tray upon tray of baby vegetables all ready for planting out.
  Good though it was, it was eclipsed by the fantastic tapering baby carrots on which it sat.
  Any vegetable producer tan package baby carrots or cut-up celery in individual portions.
  The fish had a deliciously crispy skin, moist flesh and was served with baby onions and carrots.
  Sometimes with deals like this, you are punished with minute servings, but the bowl was full of juicy baby mushrooms.
  Their food selection was fair and I eventually had a tuna steak with rice and baby carrots.
  Next day I simply emptied the bag into the prepared pot, stirred to brown and then added two big sliced onions and a few diced baby carrots.
  Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant.
  And while I was there, I decided to pick up a few bags of pretzels and some of those baby carrots.
  If you love to munch on baby carrots as snacks, dip them in reduced-fat dressing, she suggests.
  The cheddar mash had no overtly cheesy taste but was rich and creamy and the dish was served with a thick onion gravy, dotted with baby onions.
  My son and I polished off the baby carrots and radishes before we even got home!
  In a pan of boiling water cook the baby potatoes for 10-12 mins until cooked through.
  So fill in by serving baby carrots or sliced red or green peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing.
  If you want to be veggie, go for the selection of baby vegetables with garlic flavoured tomato concentrate.
  Lunch could be salmon fillet with orange couscous and baby carrots.
  The roasted baby onions added an extra sweet layer in an exceptionally moist duck for €22.95.
  The only disappointment is the baby potatoes that were obviously frozen.
  The spring veggies were another hit: baby carrots, asparagus, French greens and corn in light soy sauce.

verbˈbābēˈbeɪbi

[with object]

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective toward.
把（某人）当作婴儿对待；溺爱；对…保护过多
her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Your mother always babied you,’ he continued.
- Brett still babied her and came home early from work to be with her.
- I know you feel like we are babying you, but we are trying to protect you.
- She tells him he doesn't need to push himself, but he disagrees, and wishes that she would stop babying him.
- This was because of the way Daddy babied me, as though I was still six years old.
- She becomes bold and refuses the will of her husband, and she repudiates babying her children.
- I don't plan on babying him at all, and I don't want him to feel embarrassed by my crazy antics.
- Did she want me to pull out her chair for her, or would she see that as babying her?
- I finally gave into Bryan's demands that I stop babying him and let him drive himself.
- It's funny how we both thought that Libby would not like Brant babying her!
- He wouldn't get better if they babied him all the time.
- He accused her of babying him up, and treating him too nicely.
- However, he was tired of her always babying him.
- Adair's father acted more like a father to Kathleen then he did to Mark and Persephone, and they all babied Kathleen ridiculously.
- So I've been babying her and giving her extra treats and stuff.
- But maybe he shouldn't have babied her as he had.
- I would hate having to carry him after the fuss I made about not babying him anymore.
- On the other hand, he was fourteen and didn't need his mother constantly babying him.
- I had never babied him the way I babied our Baby Chad, but I've always watched over each of my brothers, just especially the younger ones.
- Those middle school teachers babied us too much.
Synonyms
pamper, mollycoddle, spoil, cosset, coddle, indulge, overindulge, pet, wait on someone hand and foot, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent, nanny

Phrases

throw the baby out with the bathwater

Discard something valuable along with other things that are inessential or undesirable.
把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉；把精华连同糟粕都一起扔了
Example sentencesExamples
- It is hoped that the reforms will achieve their purpose of improving the health system but will avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- I feel I'm relatively representative of Canadians and I don't want the Conservatives throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- In this case, I don't see how you could ‘close the loophole’ without throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- No right-thinking person wants to downplay this problem or its implications, but we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
- Surely what we're doing is throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the failures of individuals lead to the rejection of a religious sense?

Origin

Late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.

词汇	baby
释义	Definition of baby in English: baby nounPlural babies ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi 1A very young child. his wife's just had a baby 他妻子刚生了孩子。 as modifier a baby girl Example sentencesExamples As they looked at their tiny newborn babies, these brave young survivors felt a powerful surge of protection. They now believe even younger babies, even tinier tots can be encouraged to give life a go. There were old and young people, little boys and girls, teenagers and babies in prams. I decided to make up names for the family; pretend they were mine, the girl and the babies were my younger siblings, and the man and woman were my mother and father. I suppose there may have been men, women, girls, boys, babies among them, but I saw no faces. And she opens up to showbiz tonight about being grandma to Gwyneth Paltrow's baby daughter. The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first. We breed, we make babies, the babies are either girls or boys. This is to prevent staff and visitors from accidentally referring to boy babies as girls, and vice versa. You know how to tell a boy baby from a girl baby without having to look at their genitalia? Lydia didn't even want a baby; boy or girl, name or no name, what did it matter to her? Because of the children and the difficulties of taking a tiny baby and a young toddler together up and down the stairs, she did not get out much. The equipment and funds help save the lives of newborn babies and young children with congenital heart disease. The ultrasound probe is used mainly for head scanning of newborn babies and young children. Everywhere I go now I see young women, girls really, pushing babies around in prams and babycarts. The theme of ‘the four ages of dental health’ will explore problems faced by babies, children, teenagers and the elderly. This age range is the hardest to find carers for as most people choose to provide foster care for babies and young children. The father and mother held on to two babies while a young girl sat in front of them. Does smoking during pregnancy cause other problems in babies or young children? You see babies and you see infants - tiny, tiny babies, some as young as a week old. Synonyms infant, newborn, child, tot, little one Scottish &amp Northern English bairn informal sprog, bundle of joy, tiny literary babe, babe in arms technical neonate 1.1 A very young animal. bats only have one baby a year as modifier baby rabbits Example sentencesExamples I asserted that rats were disinclined to move across broken glass under most conditions, but put broken glass between a rat and her babies and she would cross it without hesitation. She discovered the feral cat and its four babies after her bunny Starsky hopped up and down the garden to attract her attention. Three capybaras have been born at the popular animal park and the babies are now delighting visitors as they lap up the autumn sunshine. Hoss had figured out that human babies grew inside of their mothers' tummies, just as animal babies did, but as yet it had not occurred to him to ask how they got in there in the first place. The attraction's other Easter babies include wallabies, chicks, lambs, goats, guinea pigs, mara and raccoons. It seems that she wants to keep him as her own toy, since her parents had previously promised her a lamb as a pet baby, and not given it to her. The breeder must be prepared to take full responsibility for their animal babies for their entire life. My rabbit just had babies with his ‘brother’ - they are so unbelievably adorable! A home for Kentucky Derby winners should be sunshine, bluegrass and pretty mares waiting to make babies who can fly. Alice told me she enjoyed meeting Mrs Gow and asked questions like how many babies do goats have and what do they eat. Penguin popularity shows its ‘fowl’ side as a baby penguin is plucked from a British zoo. The goal in this case is to return a Neanderthal baby to his family. Nick pumps out mix compilations faster than bunny rabbits have babies. Very early on, with a new baby rabbit you should get it used to being handled. And he accepted without censure that its impulse to slaughter the babies of other animals was entirely natural. Why do most animals have their babies in the spring? A camel gives birth to her baby, or colt - but won't suckle it. She said a box with a mother rabbit, her four babies and another adult female were found by her husband Mike when making final checks by the main gate at 2am yesterday. But the doting couple are blissfully unaware that their baby is actually a GOOSE. 1.2 The youngest member of a family or group. 老幺（家庭或群体中年纪最小的人） Clara was the baby of the family 克拉拉是家里的老幺。 Example sentencesExamples After years of being the baby of the family, I decided to meet my parents on neutral ground. She is, after all, the baby of the family and she needs me the most. Here, Washoe was no longer the baby of the family but was now living with chimpanzees a few years younger than herself. The baby of the family has a picture of Denis over his own bed at home. His dad had remarried and Sykes was no longer the baby of the family: he now had a half-brother, John. Still, for the baby of the family, most people prefer the cleanliness and purity of white. Despite this, he still towers over me, and I feel like the baby of the family as he walks over and gives me a quick, awkward hug. Kevin hopes to have the baby of the family, the gallant John Joe, groomed for the next event. From what Jim told him, Hannah Dawson is the baby of the family. Sharon was the baby of the family. He's from a family of five tennis players, Tracy Austin, the baby of the family. Nesbitt was the baby of the family growing up in Antrim. This is what I get for being related to someone that is overly obsessed with what her peers think and is the baby of the family. I'm the baby of my family too and I can sympathize on the younger cousin deal. Thérèse had been the adored baby of her family, instructed every day by two elder sisters who proceeded her into the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. Anne Marie has six brothers and three sisters and is the baby of the family. Two have already left home and the baby in our family is 13. He was only 12 and the baby of the family as our other children have all grown up and left home. She's telling me to acknowledge the sister and she's also bringing up the baby of the family. The Range Rover badge carries with it a lot of prestige and, while this is the baby of the family, it's still more desirable than anything from Japan. Synonyms youngest, junior member smallest, littlest 1.3 A timid or childish person. 胆小的人；幼稚的人 ‘Don't be such a baby!’ she said witheringly “别像个孩子似的！”她尖刻地说。 Example sentencesExamples Maybe I shouldn't be such a baby about things, but I am upset with my doctor's office right now. Stop being such a baby. Synonyms namby-pamby, weakling, milksop, milquetoast 1.4one's babyinformal One's particular responsibility or concern. 〈喻〉责任；成就；兴趣 ‘This is your baby, Gerry,’ she said, handing him the brief Example sentencesExamples I believe it's your baby now but please do some more research. Granted, it's his baby, and he can do what he wants with it, but he introduced it as an action/adventure entertainment show. It's my baby so I don't really have any time for any other bands. Synonyms responsibility, business, affair, charge, duty, job, task, occupation 2informal A lover or spouse (often as a form of address) my baby left me for another guy 我的宝贝儿离开我，跟另一个家伙走了。 Example sentencesExamples She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby. I do love you baby. As for telling us to grow up and grow some hair, I'd love to, baby, I really would. Synonyms darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear 2.1 A thing regarded with affection or familiarity. 宝贝（喜爱或熟悉的东西） this baby can reach speeds of 120 mph 这辆宝贝每小时能跑到120英里。 Example sentencesExamples I personally would not do it, simply because my laptop is my baby. This is the only way you can purchase this baby at a discounted price. That's not his everyday car, it's his baby. Synonyms darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear adjective ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi 1attributive Comparatively small or immature of its kind. （幼）小的；小型的 a baby version of the Oxford Movement 牛津运动的微型版。 Example sentencesExamples Looking for a used grand or baby grand piano? Not the display case where you can buy fake nose rings and baby tees and mini glowsticks to roll around on your tongue. We are the sole commercial outlet for the impressive GM6, which is a baby version of our popular GM2 gear motor. The shirt was a pink baby tee with a tiny pocket on the right side of my chest. Synonyms miniature, mini, little, small, small-scale, scaled-down, toy, pocket, midget, dwarf, fun-size Scottish wee North American vest-pocket informal teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, weeny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, eensy, eensy-weensy, tiddly, pint-sized, bite-sized British informal titchy North American informal little-bitty 1.1 (of vegetables) picked before reaching their usual size. （蔬菜）嫩的；未完全长熟就采摘的 baby carrots 嫩胡萝卜。 Example sentencesExamples The spring veggies were another hit: baby carrots, asparagus, French greens and corn in light soy sauce. The cheddar mash had no overtly cheesy taste but was rich and creamy and the dish was served with a thick onion gravy, dotted with baby onions. Any vegetable producer tan package baby carrots or cut-up celery in individual portions. If you love to munch on baby carrots as snacks, dip them in reduced-fat dressing, she suggests. The only disappointment is the baby potatoes that were obviously frozen. The fish had a deliciously crispy skin, moist flesh and was served with baby onions and carrots. If you want to be veggie, go for the selection of baby vegetables with garlic flavoured tomato concentrate. In a pan of boiling water cook the baby potatoes for 10-12 mins until cooked through. My son and I polished off the baby carrots and radishes before we even got home! Sometimes with deals like this, you are punished with minute servings, but the bowl was full of juicy baby mushrooms. Top and tail the green beans, peel the baby onions or cut the spring onion into 2.5cm pieces. Next day I simply emptied the bag into the prepared pot, stirred to brown and then added two big sliced onions and a few diced baby carrots. Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant. At this time of year garden centres have tray upon tray of baby vegetables all ready for planting out. So fill in by serving baby carrots or sliced red or green peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing. Lunch could be salmon fillet with orange couscous and baby carrots. And while I was there, I decided to pick up a few bags of pretzels and some of those baby carrots. Good though it was, it was eclipsed by the fantastic tapering baby carrots on which it sat. The roasted baby onions added an extra sweet layer in an exceptionally moist duck for €22.95. Their food selection was fair and I eventually had a tuna steak with rice and baby carrots. verbbabies, babied, babying ˈbeɪbiˈbeɪbi [with object] Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards. 把（某人）当作婴儿对待；溺爱；对…保护过多 her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes Example sentencesExamples Adair's father acted more like a father to Kathleen then he did to Mark and Persephone, and they all babied Kathleen ridiculously. This was because of the way Daddy babied me, as though I was still six years old. It's funny how we both thought that Libby would not like Brant babying her! I would hate having to carry him after the fuss I made about not babying him anymore. On the other hand, he was fourteen and didn't need his mother constantly babying him. However, he was tired of her always babying him. I know you feel like we are babying you, but we are trying to protect you. He accused her of babying him up, and treating him too nicely. ‘Your mother always babied you,’ he continued. Those middle school teachers babied us too much. Brett still babied her and came home early from work to be with her. I finally gave into Bryan's demands that I stop babying him and let him drive himself. I had never babied him the way I babied our Baby Chad, but I've always watched over each of my brothers, just especially the younger ones. Did she want me to pull out her chair for her, or would she see that as babying her? But maybe he shouldn't have babied her as he had. She becomes bold and refuses the will of her husband, and she repudiates babying her children. I don't plan on babying him at all, and I don't want him to feel embarrassed by my crazy antics. She tells him he doesn't need to push himself, but he disagrees, and wishes that she would stop babying him. He wouldn't get better if they babied him all the time. So I've been babying her and giving her extra treats and stuff. Synonyms pamper, mollycoddle, spoil, cosset, coddle, indulge, overindulge, pet, wait on someone hand and foot, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent, nanny pander to archaic cocker Phrases throw the baby out with the bathwater Discard something valuable along with other things that are undesirable. 把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉；把精华连同糟粕都一起扔了 Example sentencesExamples In this case, I don't see how you could ‘close the loophole’ without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It is hoped that the reforms will achieve their purpose of improving the health system but will avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Surely what we're doing is throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the failures of individuals lead to the rejection of a religious sense? I feel I'm relatively representative of Canadians and I don't want the Conservatives throwing the baby out with the bathwater. No right-thinking person wants to downplay this problem or its implications, but we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Derivatives babyhood noun ˈbeɪbɪhʊdˈbeɪbiˌhʊd I have long since given up cigarettes again, apart from a very occasional rollie, but I still miss standing outside on the cold moonlit nights, or maybe I miss my son's babyhood. Example sentencesExamples A boy's first haircut is an event, a non-biological marker of movement from babyhood into childhood. ‘The pictures of my pregnancy and my daughter's babyhood were destroyed,’ says Fuentes. The strange thing is, I don't really remember any of my children's babyhoods, but I remember her. The baby will come into the world, perhaps kicking and screaming, but babyhood will only be the beginning of a continuing process of growth and change. Origin Late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech. Both baby and babe probably come from the way that the sound ba is repeated by very young children. Babble (Middle English) probably came from the same source, along with words such as mama (mid 16th century) and papa (late 17th century). Similar forms are found in many different languages. A person's lover or spouse has been their baby since the middle of the 19th century. The sense ‘someone's creation or special concern’ dates from later in that century—in 1890 artificial silk was referred to as its inventor's ‘new-born baby’. The proverb don't throw the baby out with the bathwater is from German. The first known appearance in English is from the Scottish historian and political philosopher Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), who wrote in 1853 that ‘The Germans say, “You must empty out the bathing-tub, but not the baby along with it”.’ Babe originally just meant ‘child’, and only later became restricted to a child too young to walk. Inexperienced people in a situation calling for experience are babes in the wood, from characters in an old ballad The Children in the Wood, whose wicked uncle wanted to steal their inheritance and abandoned them in a wood. The proverbial phrase out of the mouths of babes is used when a precocious child says something unexpectedly appropriate. It has biblical origins, being found in Psalms and the Gospel of Matthew. A babe today is generally an attractive young person. The first babes were men. In the 1870s the youngest member of a class of US military cadets was called the babe, rather like ‘the baby of the family’. The term was then used as a friendly form of address between men before it came to mean a sexy girl. See also bimbo Rhymes Achebe, maybe noun.1 phr. Definition of baby in US English: baby nounˈbābēˈbeɪbi 1A very young child, especially one newly or recently born. 婴儿（尤指新生儿） his wife's just had a baby 他妻子刚生了孩子。 as modifier a baby girl Example sentencesExamples The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first. Does smoking during pregnancy cause other problems in babies or young children? You see babies and you see infants - tiny, tiny babies, some as young as a week old. The ultrasound probe is used mainly for head scanning of newborn babies and young children. This age range is the hardest to find carers for as most people choose to provide foster care for babies and young children. Everywhere I go now I see young women, girls really, pushing babies around in prams and babycarts. Because of the children and the difficulties of taking a tiny baby and a young toddler together up and down the stairs, she did not get out much. We breed, we make babies, the babies are either girls or boys. As they looked at their tiny newborn babies, these brave young survivors felt a powerful surge of protection. I decided to make up names for the family; pretend they were mine, the girl and the babies were my younger siblings, and the man and woman were my mother and father. I suppose there may have been men, women, girls, boys, babies among them, but I saw no faces. This is to prevent staff and visitors from accidentally referring to boy babies as girls, and vice versa. There were old and young people, little boys and girls, teenagers and babies in prams. They now believe even younger babies, even tinier tots can be encouraged to give life a go. You know how to tell a boy baby from a girl baby without having to look at their genitalia? The father and mother held on to two babies while a young girl sat in front of them. The equipment and funds help save the lives of newborn babies and young children with congenital heart disease. The theme of ‘the four ages of dental health’ will explore problems faced by babies, children, teenagers and the elderly. And she opens up to showbiz tonight about being grandma to Gwyneth Paltrow's baby daughter. Lydia didn't even want a baby; boy or girl, name or no name, what did it matter to her? Synonyms infant, newborn, child, tot, little one 1.1 A young or newly born animal. （动物）幼崽；幼鸟 Example sentencesExamples The breeder must be prepared to take full responsibility for their animal babies for their entire life. A home for Kentucky Derby winners should be sunshine, bluegrass and pretty mares waiting to make babies who can fly. The goal in this case is to return a Neanderthal baby to his family. She discovered the feral cat and its four babies after her bunny Starsky hopped up and down the garden to attract her attention. Three capybaras have been born at the popular animal park and the babies are now delighting visitors as they lap up the autumn sunshine. It seems that she wants to keep him as her own toy, since her parents had previously promised her a lamb as a pet baby, and not given it to her. But the doting couple are blissfully unaware that their baby is actually a GOOSE. The attraction's other Easter babies include wallabies, chicks, lambs, goats, guinea pigs, mara and raccoons. Alice told me she enjoyed meeting Mrs Gow and asked questions like how many babies do goats have and what do they eat. Nick pumps out mix compilations faster than bunny rabbits have babies. My rabbit just had babies with his ‘brother’ - they are so unbelievably adorable! And he accepted without censure that its impulse to slaughter the babies of other animals was entirely natural. Hoss had figured out that human babies grew inside of their mothers' tummies, just as animal babies did, but as yet it had not occurred to him to ask how they got in there in the first place. She said a box with a mother rabbit, her four babies and another adult female were found by her husband Mike when making final checks by the main gate at 2am yesterday. Penguin popularity shows its ‘fowl’ side as a baby penguin is plucked from a British zoo. Why do most animals have their babies in the spring? I asserted that rats were disinclined to move across broken glass under most conditions, but put broken glass between a rat and her babies and she would cross it without hesitation. Very early on, with a new baby rabbit you should get it used to being handled. A camel gives birth to her baby, or colt - but won't suckle it. 1.2 The youngest member of a family or group. 老幺（家庭或群体中年纪最小的人） Clara was the baby of the family 克拉拉是家里的老幺。 Example sentencesExamples The baby of the family has a picture of Denis over his own bed at home. Kevin hopes to have the baby of the family, the gallant John Joe, groomed for the next event. Thérèse had been the adored baby of her family, instructed every day by two elder sisters who proceeded her into the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. Still, for the baby of the family, most people prefer the cleanliness and purity of white. Anne Marie has six brothers and three sisters and is the baby of the family. From what Jim told him, Hannah Dawson is the baby of the family. The Range Rover badge carries with it a lot of prestige and, while this is the baby of the family, it's still more desirable than anything from Japan. Despite this, he still towers over me, and I feel like the baby of the family as he walks over and gives me a quick, awkward hug. Here, Washoe was no longer the baby of the family but was now living with chimpanzees a few years younger than herself. He's from a family of five tennis players, Tracy Austin, the baby of the family. Sharon was the baby of the family. Nesbitt was the baby of the family growing up in Antrim. She's telling me to acknowledge the sister and she's also bringing up the baby of the family. His dad had remarried and Sykes was no longer the baby of the family: he now had a half-brother, John. I'm the baby of my family too and I can sympathize on the younger cousin deal. He was only 12 and the baby of the family as our other children have all grown up and left home. She is, after all, the baby of the family and she needs me the most. After years of being the baby of the family, I decided to meet my parents on neutral ground. Two have already left home and the baby in our family is 13. This is what I get for being related to someone that is overly obsessed with what her peers think and is the baby of the family. Synonyms youngest, junior member 1.3 A timid or childish person. 胆小的人；幼稚的人 “Don't be such a baby!” she said witheringly “别像个孩子似的！”她尖刻地说。 Example sentencesExamples Maybe I shouldn't be such a baby about things, but I am upset with my doctor's office right now. Stop being such a baby. Synonyms namby-pamby, weakling, milksop, milquetoast 1.4one's babyinformal One's particular responsibility, achievement, or concern. 〈喻〉责任；成就；兴趣 “This is your baby, Gerry,” she said, handing him the brief Example sentencesExamples Granted, it's his baby, and he can do what he wants with it, but he introduced it as an action/adventure entertainment show. I believe it's your baby now but please do some more research. It's my baby so I don't really have any time for any other bands. Synonyms responsibility, business, affair, charge, duty, job, task, occupation 2informal A young woman or a person with whom one is having a romantic relationship (often as a form of address) 〈非正式〉宝贝儿（指年轻女子或爱人，常用作称呼） my baby left me for another guy 我的宝贝儿离开我，跟另一个家伙走了。 baby, don't cry! Example sentencesExamples As for telling us to grow up and grow some hair, I'd love to, baby, I really would. I do love you baby. She was such a bright, vivacious person, my angel, my star, my baby. Synonyms darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear 2.1 A thing regarded with affection or familiarity. 宝贝（喜爱或熟悉的东西） this baby can reach speeds of 140 mph 这辆宝贝每小时能跑到120英里。 Example sentencesExamples That's not his everyday car, it's his baby. This is the only way you can purchase this baby at a discounted price. I personally would not do it, simply because my laptop is my baby. Synonyms darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear adjectiveˈbābēˈbeɪbi 1attributive Comparatively small or immature of its kind. （幼）小的；小型的 a baby grand piano Example sentencesExamples Not the display case where you can buy fake nose rings and baby tees and mini glowsticks to roll around on your tongue. The shirt was a pink baby tee with a tiny pocket on the right side of my chest. Looking for a used grand or baby grand piano? We are the sole commercial outlet for the impressive GM6, which is a baby version of our popular GM2 gear motor. Synonyms miniature, mini, little, small, small-scale, scaled-down, toy, pocket, midget, dwarf, fun-size 1.1 (of vegetables) picked before reaching their usual size. （蔬菜）嫩的；未完全长熟就采摘的 baby carrots 嫩胡萝卜。 Example sentencesExamples Top and tail the green beans, peel the baby onions or cut the spring onion into 2.5cm pieces. At this time of year garden centres have tray upon tray of baby vegetables all ready for planting out. Good though it was, it was eclipsed by the fantastic tapering baby carrots on which it sat. Any vegetable producer tan package baby carrots or cut-up celery in individual portions. The fish had a deliciously crispy skin, moist flesh and was served with baby onions and carrots. Sometimes with deals like this, you are punished with minute servings, but the bowl was full of juicy baby mushrooms. Their food selection was fair and I eventually had a tuna steak with rice and baby carrots. Next day I simply emptied the bag into the prepared pot, stirred to brown and then added two big sliced onions and a few diced baby carrots. Courgettes are actually baby marrows, just picked earlier from the plant. And while I was there, I decided to pick up a few bags of pretzels and some of those baby carrots. If you love to munch on baby carrots as snacks, dip them in reduced-fat dressing, she suggests. The cheddar mash had no overtly cheesy taste but was rich and creamy and the dish was served with a thick onion gravy, dotted with baby onions. My son and I polished off the baby carrots and radishes before we even got home! In a pan of boiling water cook the baby potatoes for 10-12 mins until cooked through. So fill in by serving baby carrots or sliced red or green peppers or cucumbers with light ranch dressing. If you want to be veggie, go for the selection of baby vegetables with garlic flavoured tomato concentrate. Lunch could be salmon fillet with orange couscous and baby carrots. The roasted baby onions added an extra sweet layer in an exceptionally moist duck for €22.95. The only disappointment is the baby potatoes that were obviously frozen. The spring veggies were another hit: baby carrots, asparagus, French greens and corn in light soy sauce. verbˈbābēˈbeɪbi [with object] Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective toward. 把（某人）当作婴儿对待；溺爱；对…保护过多 her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes Example sentencesExamples ‘Your mother always babied you,’ he continued. Brett still babied her and came home early from work to be with her. I know you feel like we are babying you, but we are trying to protect you. She tells him he doesn't need to push himself, but he disagrees, and wishes that she would stop babying him. This was because of the way Daddy babied me, as though I was still six years old. She becomes bold and refuses the will of her husband, and she repudiates babying her children. I don't plan on babying him at all, and I don't want him to feel embarrassed by my crazy antics. Did she want me to pull out her chair for her, or would she see that as babying her? I finally gave into Bryan's demands that I stop babying him and let him drive himself. It's funny how we both thought that Libby would not like Brant babying her! He wouldn't get better if they babied him all the time. He accused her of babying him up, and treating him too nicely. However, he was tired of her always babying him. Adair's father acted more like a father to Kathleen then he did to Mark and Persephone, and they all babied Kathleen ridiculously. So I've been babying her and giving her extra treats and stuff. But maybe he shouldn't have babied her as he had. I would hate having to carry him after the fuss I made about not babying him anymore. On the other hand, he was fourteen and didn't need his mother constantly babying him. I had never babied him the way I babied our Baby Chad, but I've always watched over each of my brothers, just especially the younger ones. Those middle school teachers babied us too much. Synonyms pamper, mollycoddle, spoil, cosset, coddle, indulge, overindulge, pet, wait on someone hand and foot, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent, nanny Phrases throw the baby out with the bathwater Discard something valuable along with other things that are inessential or undesirable. 把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉；把精华连同糟粕都一起扔了 Example sentencesExamples It is hoped that the reforms will achieve their purpose of improving the health system but will avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I feel I'm relatively representative of Canadians and I don't want the Conservatives throwing the baby out with the bathwater. In this case, I don't see how you could ‘close the loophole’ without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. No right-thinking person wants to downplay this problem or its implications, but we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Surely what we're doing is throwing the baby out with the bathwater if the failures of individuals lead to the rejection of a religious sense? Origin Late Middle English: probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech. noun.1 phr.
随便看	enjoyed enjoyer enjoyer enjoyers enjoy greatly enjoying enjoying oneself enjoy life enjoyment enjoyments enjoy oneself enjoy oneself enjoys enjoy to the full enkephalin enkindle enkindled enkindler enkindles enkindling enl. enl enlace enlacement enlacement