grown up
adjective
uk/ˌɡrəʊn ˈʌp/us/ˌɡroʊn ˈʌp/B2
If you say that someone isgrownup, youmeanthat they are anadultor that theybehavein aresponsibleway:
成年的,成熟的Heseemsverygrownup for a ten-year-old.做为一个10岁的孩子,他看上去很成熟。
Thisbookis abittoogrownup for you(= you are tooyoungtounderstandthisbook).这本书对你这个年龄的孩子来说有点太难了。
[before noun]She has two grown-upchildrenwhoworkin thefamilybusiness.她有两个孩子,都已长大成人,就职于他们的家族企业。
adult activities, behaviour, etc.
- adultThe victim was an adult male.
- adultA lot of people have never seen an adult movie.
- bigWhat do you want to do when you’re big?
- grown upHer children are all grown up now.
- full-grownThe website offers both puppies and full-grown dogs for sale.
- grownI've seen grown men cry when she sings.
- They're amiddle-agedcouple, with grown-upchildren.
- Mychildrenare all grown-up now.
- Sheseemsverysensibleand grown-up.
- I have to be abitmore grown-up forwork.
- I don'tfeelvery grown-up.
Physically and mentally mature & immature
- adult
- adulting
- ageing
- babyish
- childish
- immature
- immaturity
- infantile
- juvenile
- make a man (out) ofsomeoneidiom
- mature
- maturity
- overgrown
- petulance
- petulant
- petulantly
- post-adolescent
- puerility
- sophomoric
- young at heartidiom
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