English-Thai Dictionary
child
N คนที่ มี พฤติกรรม เหมือน เด็ก kon-ti-me-parued-ti-kam-muean-dek
child
N ลูก son daughter lok
child
N เด็ก infant baby dek
child labor
N แรงงานเด็ก child labour lang-ngan-dak
child labour
N แรงงานเด็ก child labor lang-ngan-dak
child's play
IDM สิ่ง ง่ายๆ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ของ กล้วยๆ ของ หมูๆ sing-ngi-ngi
child's play
N งา นที่ ง่าย มาก ngan-ti-ngai-mak
childbearing
N การคลอดบุตร childbirth vaginal birth parturition kan-klod-bud
childbed
N การ คลอดลูก
childbirth
N การคลอดบุตร childbearing vaginal birth parturition kan-klod-bud
childe
N เด็กวัยรุ่น ใน ตระกูล สูง
childhood
N ช่วงต้น ระยะ ต้นๆ early stage chuang-ton
childhood
N วัยเด็ก ปฐมวัย วัย ต้น youth immaturity maturity adulthood yai-dek
childing
VI ท้อง ตั้งครรภ์ pregnant tong
childish
ADJ อ่อนต่อโลก ี่ ไร้เดียงสา เหมือน เด็ก เด็กๆ infantile oon-tor-lok
childless
ADJ ไม่มี บุตร barren mai-me-bud
childlike
ADJ ที่ มี ลักษณะ เหมือน เด็ก innocent childly childish ti-me-lak-sa-na-muean-dek
childlike
ADJ ที่ เหมาะกับ เด็ก ti-mor-kab-dek
childly
ADJ ที่ เหมือน เด็ก childish childlike ti-muean-dek
childproof
ADJ ที่ พิสูจน์ แล้ว ว่า ไม่เป็นอันตราย ต่อ เด็ก ti-pi-sutd-laeo-wa-mai-pen-an-ta-rai-tor-dek
children
N คำ พหูพจน์ ของ คำ ว่า child kam-pa-hu-phod-kong-kam-wa
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHILD
n. 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of parents; applied to the human race, and chiefly to a person when young. The term is applied to infants from their birth; but the time when they cease ordinarily to be so called, is not defined by custom. In strictness, a child is the shoot, issue or produce of the parents, and a person of any age, in respect to the parents, is a child.
An infant.
Hagar cast the child under one of the shrubs. Genesis 21:15.
It signifies also a person of more advanced years.
Jephthas daughter was his only child. Judges 11:34.
The child shall behave himself proudly. Isaiah 3:5.
A curse will be on those who corrupt the morals of their children.
The application of child to a female in opposition to a male, as in Shakspeare, is not legitimate.
2. One weak in knowledge, experience, judgment or attainments; as, he is a mere child.
Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. Jeremiah 1:6.
3. One young in grace. 1 John 2.
One who is unfixed in principles. Ephesians 4:14.
4. One who is born again, spiritually renewed and adopted; as a child of God.
5. One who is the product of another; or whose principles and morals are the product of another.
Thou child of the devil. Acts 13:1 .
That which is the product or effect of something else.
This noble passion, child of integrity.
6. In the plural, the descendants of a man however remote; as the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
7. The inhabitants of a country; as the children of Seir. 2 Chronicles 25:11.
To be with child, to be pregnant. Genesis 16:11.
CHILD
v.i.To bring children.
CHILD-BEARING
a.or ppr. [See Bear. ] Bearing or producing children.
CHILD-BEARING
n.The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.
CHILDBED
n.The state of a woman bringing forth a child or being in labor; parturition.
CHILDBIRTH
n.The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor; as the pains of childbirth.
CHILDED
a.Furnished with a child.
CHILDERMAS DAY
n.An anniversary of the church of England, held on the 28th of December, in commemoration of the children of Bethlehem slain by Herod; called also Innocents Day.
CHILDHOOD
n. 1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. But in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. Thus we say, infancy, childhood, youth and manhood.
Childhood and youth are vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:1 .
2. The properties of a child.
CHILDING
ppr. Bearing children; producing; as childing women.
CHILDISH
a. 1. Belonging to a child; trifling; puerile.
When I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11.
2. Pertaining to a child; as childish yeas or age; childish sports.
3. Pertaining to children; ignorant; silly; weak; as childish fear.
CHILDISHLY
adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
CHILDISHNESS
n.Triflingness, puerility, the state or qualities of a child, in reference to manners. But in reference to the mind, simplicity, harmlessness, weakness of intellect.
CHILDLIKE
a.Resembling a child or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful; as childlike obedience.
CHILDLY
a.Like a child.
CHILDREN
n.plu. Of child.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHILD
Child, n.; pl. Children. Etym: [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kilÞei womb, in-kilÞ \'d3 with child. ]
1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc. ; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1. Cor. xii. 11.
6. A female infant. [Obs. ] A boy or a child, I wonder Shak. To be with child, to be pregnant. -- Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.
CHILD
Child, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Childed; p. pr. & vb. n. Childing. ]
Defn: To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.
CHILDBEARING
CHILDBEARING Child "bear `ing, n.
Defn: The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.
CHILDBED
CHILDBED Child "bed, n.
Defn: The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.
CHILDBIRTH
CHILDBIRTH Child "birth, n.
Defn: The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
CHILDCROWING
CHILDCROWING Child "crow `ing, n. (Med. )
Defn: The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.
CHILDE
CHILDE Childe, n.
Defn: A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.
CHILDED
CHILDED Child "ed, a.
Defn: Furnished with a child. [Obs. ]
CHILDERMAS DAY
Chil "dermas day `. Etym: [AS. cildamæsse -dæg; cild child +dæg day. ](Eccl.)
Defn: A day (December 28 ) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
CHILDHOOD
Child "hood, n. Etym: [AS. cildhad; cild child + -had. See Child, and hood. ]
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2.
2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott.
3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy. Shak. Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.
CHILDING
Child "ing, a. Etym: [See Child, v. i.]
Defn: Bearing Children; (Fig. ) productive; fruitful. [R.] Shak.
CHILDISH
CHILDISH Child "ish, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence. " Macaulay.
2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison.
Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
CHILDISHLY
CHILDISHLY Child "ish *ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
CHILDISHNESS
CHILDISHNESS Child "ish *ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
CHILDLESSNESS
CHILDLESSNESS Child "less *ness, n.
Defn: The state of being childless.
CHILDLIKE
CHILDLIKE Child "like, a.
Defn: Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience. " Hooker.
Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity; childlike modesty.
CHILDLY
CHILDLY Child "ly, a.
Defn: Having tthe character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child. Gower.
CHILDLY
CHILDLY Child "ly, adv.
Defn: Like a child. Mrs. Browning.
CHILDNESS
CHILDNESS Child "ness, n.
Defn: The manner characteristic of a child. [Obs. ] "Varying childness. " Shak.
CHILDREN
CHILDREN Chil "dren, n.;
Defn: pl. of Child.
CHILDSHIP
CHILDSHIP Child "ship, n.
Defn: The state or relation of being a child.
CHILD STUDY
CHILD STUDY Child study.
Defn: A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.
New American Oxford Dictionary
child
child |CHīld tʃaɪld | ▶noun ( pl. children |ˈCHildrən | ) a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority. • a son or daughter of any age. • an immature or irresponsible person: she's such a child! • a person who has little or no experience in a particular area: he's a child in financial matters. • (children ) the descendants of a family or people: the children of Abraham. • (child of ) a person or thing influenced by a specified environment: a child of the sixties | OPEC was in a sense a child of the Cold War. PHRASES child's play a task that is easily accomplished. from a child since childhood. with child formal pregnant. DERIVATIVES child less adjective, child less ness noun ORIGIN Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren .
Child, Julia
Child, Julia |CHīld tʃaɪld | (1912 –2004 ), US chef and cookbook author; born Julia Carolyn McWilliams. Her cookbooks, beginning with Mastering the Art of French Cooking (written in 1961 with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle ), and her television cooking show The French Chef, which began on PBS in 1963, revolutionized American cooking.
Child, Lydia Maria
Child, Lydia Maria |CHīld tʃaɪld | (1802 –80 ), US abolitionist and writer; born Lydia Maria Francis. She was editor of the National Anti-Slavery Standard 1841 –43 and the author of novels, children's books, and the poem “Thanksgiving Day, ” which begins “Over the river and through the woods. ”
child abuse
child a buse |tʃaɪld əˈbjuz | ▶noun physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a child.
child allowance
child al ¦low |ance |ˈtʃʌɪldəˌlaʊəns | ▶noun informal term for child benefit. • historical (in the UK ) a tax allowance granted to parents of dependent children.
childbearing
child bear ing |ˈCHīldˌbe (ə )riNG ˈtʃaɪl (d )ˌbɛrɪŋ | ▶noun the process of giving birth to children: [ as modifier ] : women of childbearing age.
childbed
child bed |ˈCHīldˌbed ˈtʃaɪl (d )ˌbɛd | ▶noun archaic term for childbirth.
childbed fever
child bed fe ver ▶noun another term for puerperal fever.
child benefit
child bene |fit ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) regular payment by the state to the parents of a child up to a certain age.
childbirth
child birth |ˈCHīldˌbərTH ˈtʃaɪl (d )ˌbərθ | ▶noun the action of giving birth to a child: she died in childbirth .
child care
child care ▶noun the action or skill of looking after children. • the care of children by a day-care center, babysitter, or other provider while parents are working.
child-centered
child-cen tered ▶adjective giving priority to the interests and needs of children: child-centered teaching methods.
Childe
Childe |CHīld tʃaɪld | ▶noun [ in names ] archaic or literary a youth of noble birth: Childe Harold. ORIGIN late Old English, variant of child .
Childermas
Chil der mas |ˈCHildərˌmas ˈtʃɪldərˌmæs | ▶noun archaic the feast of the Holy Innocents, December 28. ORIGIN Old English cildramæsse, from cildra ‘of children, ’ genitive plural of cild (see child ) + mæsse (see Mass ).
Childers, Erskine
Childers, Erskine |ˈtʃɪldəz | (1870 –1922 ), English-born Irish writer and political activist, shot for his involvement in the Irish civil war; full name Robert Erskine Childers. Notable works: The Riddle of the Sands (novel, 1903 ). His son Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905 –74 ) was President of Ireland 1973 –4.
childfree
child free |ˈCHīldˈfrē ˌtʃaɪldˈfri | ▶adjective pertaining to adults who do not have or live with children: I'm interested in finding a childfree computer geek-girl with a worldview similar to mine.
child guidance
child guid ¦ance ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. care for psychologically or emotionally disturbed children, especially through counselling.
childhood
child hood |ˈCHīldˌho͝od ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd | ▶noun the state of being a child: the idealized world of childhood. • the period during which a person is a child: she spent her childhood in Pennsylvania | [ as modifier ] : a childhood friend. ORIGIN Old English cildhād (see child, -hood ).
childish
child ish |ˈCHīldiSH ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ | ▶adjective of, like, or appropriate to a child: childish enthusiasm. • silly and immature: a childish outburst. DERIVATIVES child ish ly adverb, child ish ness noun
child labor
child la bor ▶noun the use of children in industry or business, esp. when illegal or considered inhumane.
childlike
child like |ˈCHīldˌlīk ˈtʃaɪl (d )ˌlaɪk | ▶adjective (of an adult ) having good qualities associated with a child: she speaks with a childlike directness.
childminder
child mind er |ˈCHīldˌmīndər ˈtʃaɪldmaɪndər | ▶noun Brit. a child-care worker or babysitter. DERIVATIVES child mind ing noun
childproof
child proof |ˈCHīldˌpro͞of ˈtʃaɪl (d )ˌpruf | ▶adjective designed to prevent children from injuring themselves or doing damage: disinfectants that are fitted with childproof caps. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make inaccessible to children: childproof those cabinets with safety latches.
child-rearing
child-rearing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of bringing up a child or children: his mother had modern ideas about child-rearing | [ as modifier ] : child-rearing costs.
childrearing
child rear ing |ˈCHīldˌri (ə )riNG ˈtʃʌɪldˌrɪ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun the process of bringing up a child or children: modern ideas about childrearing | [ as modifier ] : childrearing costs.
children
chil dren |ˈCHildrən ˈtʃɪldrən | plural form of child.
children of Israel
chil dren of Is ra el see Israel 1 ( sense 1 ).
Children's Crusade
Chil dren's Cru sade a crusade to the Holy Land in 1212 by tens of thousands of children, chiefly from France and Germany. Most of the children never reached their destination, and were sold into slavery.
child restraint
child re straint ▶noun a device used to control and protect a child in a motor vehicle.
child support
child sup port ▶noun court-ordered payments, typically made by a noncustodial divorced parent, to support one's minor child or children.
Child Support Agency
Child Support Agency (abbrev.: CSA ) (in the UK ) a government agency responsible for the assessment and collection of compulsory child maintenance payments from absent parents.
Oxford Dictionary
child
child |tʃʌɪld | ▶noun ( pl. children |ˈtʃɪldr (ə )n | ) a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority. • a son or daughter of any age. • an immature or irresponsible person. • a person who has little or no experience in a particular area: he's a child in financial matters. • (children ) archaic the descendants of a family or people: the children of Abraham. • (child of ) a person regarded as the product of (a specified influence or environment ): a child of the Sixties. PHRASES child's play a task which is easily accomplished. from a child since childhood: from a child she had taken ballet lessons. with child archaic pregnant. DERIVATIVES childless adjective, childlessness noun ORIGIN Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren .
Child, Julia
Child, Julia |CHīld tʃaɪld | (1912 –2004 ), US chef and cookbook author; born Julia Carolyn McWilliams. Her cookbooks, beginning with Mastering the Art of French Cooking (written in 1961 with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle ), and her television cooking show The French Chef, which began on PBS in 1963, revolutionized American cooking.
Child, Lydia Maria
Child, Lydia Maria |CHīld tʃaɪld | (1802 –80 ), US abolitionist and writer; born Lydia Maria Francis. She was editor of the National Anti-Slavery Standard 1841 –43 and the author of novels, children's books, and the poem “Thanksgiving Day, ” which begins “Over the river and through the woods. ”
child abuse
child abuse ▶noun [ mass noun ] physical maltreatment or sexual molestation of a child.
child allowance
child al ¦low |ance |ˈtʃʌɪldəˌlaʊəns | ▶noun informal term for child benefit. • historical (in the UK ) a tax allowance granted to parents of dependent children.
childbearing
child |bear ¦ing |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )bɛːrɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of giving birth to children: [ as modifier ] : women of childbearing age.
childbed
child |bed |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )bɛd | ▶noun archaic term for childbirth.
child benefit
child bene |fit ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) regular payment by the state to the parents of a child up to a certain age.
childbirth
child |birth |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )bəːθ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of giving birth to a child: she died in childbirth .
childcare
child |care |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )kɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the care of children, especially by a crèche, nursery, or childminder while parents are working.
child-centred
child-centred ▶adjective giving priority to the interests and needs of children: child-centred teaching methods.
Childe
Childe |tʃʌɪld | ▶noun [ in names ] archaic or literary a youth of noble birth: Childe Harold. ORIGIN late Old English, variant of child .
Childermas
Childermas |ˈtʃɪldəmas | ▶noun archaic the feast of the Holy Innocents, 28 December. ORIGIN Old English cildramæsse, from cildra ‘of children ’, genitive plural of cild (see child ) + mæsse (see Mass ).
Childers, Erskine
Childers, Erskine |ˈtʃɪldəz | (1870 –1922 ), English-born Irish writer and political activist, shot for his involvement in the Irish civil war; full name Robert Erskine Childers. Notable works: The Riddle of the Sands (novel, 1903 ). His son Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905 –74 ) was President of Ireland 1973 –4.
childfree
child free |ˈCHīldˈfrē ˌtʃaɪldˈfri | ▶adjective pertaining to adults who do not have or live with children: I'm interested in finding a childfree computer geek-girl with a worldview similar to mine.
child guidance
child guid ¦ance ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. care for psychologically or emotionally disturbed children, especially through counselling.
childhood
child |hood |ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state or period of being a child: he spent his childhood in Lewes | the idealized world of childhood | [ as modifier ] : a childhood friend. ORIGIN Old English cildhād (see child, -hood ).
childish
child |ish |ˈtʃʌɪldɪʃ | ▶adjective of, like, or appropriate to a child: childish enthusiasm. • silly and immature: a childish outburst. DERIVATIVES childishly adverb, childishness noun
child labour
child la ¦bour ▶noun [ mass noun ] the employment of children in an industry or business, especially when illegal or considered exploitative.
childlike
child |like |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )lʌɪk | ▶adjective (of an adult ) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child: she speaks with a childlike directness.
childminder
child |mind ¦er |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )mʌɪndə | ▶noun Brit. a person who looks after children in their own home for payment. DERIVATIVES childminding noun
childproof
child |proof |ˈtʃʌɪl (d )pruːf | ▶adjective designed to prevent children from injuring themselves or doing damage: disinfectants that are fitted with childproof caps. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make inaccessible to children: childproof those cabinets with safety latches.
childrearing
child rear ing |ˈCHīldˌri (ə )riNG ˈtʃʌɪldˌrɪ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun the process of bringing up a child or children: modern ideas about childrearing | [ as modifier ] : childrearing costs.
child-rearing
child-rearing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of bringing up a child or children: his mother had modern ideas about child-rearing | [ as modifier ] : child-rearing costs.
children
chil |dren |ˈtʃɪldrən | plural form of child.
children of Israel
chil |dren of Is ¦rael see Israel 1 ( sense 1 ).
Children's Crusade
Children's Crusade a crusade to the Holy Land in 1212 by tens of thousands of children, chiefly from France and Germany. Most never reached their destination, and were sold into slavery.
child restraint
child re straint ▶noun a device used to control and protect a child in a motor vehicle.
child support
child sup port ▶noun court-ordered payments, typically made by a noncustodial divorced parent, to support one's minor child or children.
Child Support Agency
Child Support Agency (abbrev.: CSA ) (in the UK ) a government agency responsible for the assessment and collection of compulsory child maintenance payments from absent parents.
American Oxford Thesaurus
child
child noun a well-behaved child | his estate goes directly to his children: youngster, little one, boy, girl; baby, newborn, infant, toddler; cherub, angel; schoolboy, schoolgirl; minor, junior, preteen; son, daughter, descendant; informal kid, kiddie, tot, tyke, young ’un, lad, rug rat, ankle-biter; derogatory brat, guttersnipe, urchin, gamin, gamine; literary babe, babe in arms; (children ) offspring, progeny, issue, brood, descendants. WORD LINKS pediatrics the branch of medicine concerned with children Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
childbirth
childbirth noun complications during childbirth have been drastically reduced: labor, delivery, giving birth, birthing, child-bearing; formal parturition; dated confinement; literary travail; archaic lying-in, accouchement, childbed. WORD LINKS obstetrics the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
childhood
childhood noun since my childhood, I have been an avid reader: youth, early years, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, prepubescence, minority; springtime of life, salad days; formal nonage, juvenescence. ANTONYMS adulthood.
childish
childish adjective 1 childish behavior: immature, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile; silly, inane, jejune, foolish, irresponsible. ANTONYMS mature. 2 a round childish face: childlike, youthful, young, young-looking, girlish, boyish, baby. ANTONYMS adult.
childlike
childlike adjective 1 his grandmother looked almost childlike: youthful, young, young-looking, girlish, boyish. 2 geniuses tend to be rather childlike: innocent, artless, guileless, unworldly, unsophisticated, naive, ingenuous, trusting, unsuspicious, unwary, credulous, gullible; unaffected, without airs, uninhibited, natural, spontaneous; informal wet behind the ears.
children
children plural noun See child.
Oxford Thesaurus
child
child noun I've known Kate since she was a child | his wife gave birth to their first child: youngster, young one, little one, boy, girl; baby, newborn, infant, toddler; schoolboy, schoolgirl, adolescent, teenager, youth, young man, young woman, young lady, young person, young adult, juvenile, minor, junior; stripling, fledgling, whippersnapper; son, daughter, son and heir, scion, descendant; (children ) offspring, progeny, issue; technical neonate; Scottish & N. English bairn, wean, laddie, lassie; informal kid, kiddie, kiddiewink, nipper, tot, tiny, tiny tot, shaver, young 'un, lad, lass, teen, teenybopper; Brit. informal sprog; N. Amer. informal rug rat; Austral. /NZ informal ankle-biter; derogatory brat, chit, urchin, guttersnipe; literary babe, babe in arms; archaic hobbledehoy. WORD LINKS child paedo- related prefix paedophobia fear of children paediatrics branch of medicine dealing with children infanticide killing of a young child Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
childbirth
childbirth noun her mother had major problems during childbirth: labour, delivery, giving birth, birthing; technical parturition; literary travail; archaic confinement, lying-in, accouchement, childbed. WORD LINKS childbirth obstetric relating to childbirth obstetrics branch of medicine to do with childbirth tocophobia fear of childbirth Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
childhood
childhood noun she had been writing poems since her childhood: youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity; the springtime of life, one's salad days; Law minority; rare nonage, juvenility, juniority, juvenescence. ANTONYMS adulthood, old age.
childish
childish adjective 1 it was childish of her to rip up the picture: immature, babyish, infantile, juvenile, puerile; silly, inane, fatuous, jejune, foolish, stupid, irresponsible, naive. ANTONYMS mature. 2 she had a round childish face: childlike, youthful, young, young-looking, girlish, boyish, children's, child's, adolescent, teenaged, teenage; archaic bread-and-butter. ANTONYMS adult.
childlike
childlike adjective 1 my grandmother looked almost childlike in the big white bed: youthful, young, young-looking, girlish, boyish, adolescent, teenaged, teenage. 2 geniuses tend to be rather childlike: innocent, artless, guileless, simple, unworldly, unsophisticated, green, inexperienced, naive, ingenuous, trusting, trustful, unsuspicious, unwary, unguarded, credulous, gullible, easily taken in; unaffected, without airs, open, frank, uninhibited, natural, spontaneous, down-to-earth; informal wet behind the ears.
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child
child /tʃaɪld /〖語源は 「胎児 」〗(名 )childhood, (形 )childish, childlike 名詞 複 children /tʃɪ́ldr (ə )n /C 1 a. (大人に対し )子供 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗子供の , 子供のための ▸ The park is safe for children to play in .その公園は子供が遊んでも安全だ ▸ as a child ≒when one was a child 子供のころ ▸ She's been dancing since she was a child .彼女は子供のころから踊りを続けている ▸ an eight-year-old child ≒a child of eight 8歳の子供 ▸ a children's book 児童書 ▸ child welfare [education ]児童福祉 [教育 ]▸ a child performer [victim ]子供タレント [の犠牲者 ]b. 赤ん坊 ; 胎児 .類義 childとkid, baby, youthなど child (｟くだけて ｠kid )は生まれてから14, 15歳くらいまでの子供をさし, 男のchildは boy , 女は girl . 乳幼児は baby (｟かたく ｠infant ), (よちよち )歩けるようになった幼児は toddler という .13 --19歳までは teenager と呼ばれ, 若いteenagerは adolescent と呼ぶこともある.15歳以上の子供 (特に男子 )を youth とするが, これはかたい表現で一般には young people とするのが普通 .2 (親に対し )子 , 子供 ▸ I have two children .私には子供が2人います ▸ raise ｟主に米 ｠ [bring up ｟主に英 ｠] one's child 子供を育てる ▸ an only child 一人っ子 .3 【人 神などの 】信奉者 , 弟子 ; 【時代などの 】申し子 «of » ; 〖通例children 〗子孫 ▸ a child of God [the devil ]神 [悪魔 ]の子 (!善人 [悪人 ]の意 ) ▸ the children of the seventies 70年代の申し子 .4 子供っぽい人 , 経験不足の [幼い ]人 ▸ The man is a mere child in knowledge .あの男は知識の点では子供のようなものだ .Ch ì ldren should be s é en and not h é ard .｟ことわざ 非難して ｠子供はその場にいても静かにしているものだ (!子供のしつけに関してとがめる言葉 ) .with ch í ld ｟古 ｠妊娠している ▸ be heavy [great ] with child 出産間近だ, 臨月を迎えている .～́ ab ù se 児童虐待 .～̀ b é nefit ｟英 ｠児童養育手当 .～́ c à re ＝childcare .～̀ l á bo (u )r 児童就労 〘法で定める最低の年齢より若い児童を働かせること 〙.～́ mol è ster 児童に性的ないたずらをする変質者 .～̀ pr ó digy 神童, 天才児 .～́ 's pl à y 簡単にできること, 朝飯前のこと .～́ supp ò rt ｟米 ｠(離婚した妻 [夫 ]との子供への )養育費 (｟英 ｠maintenance ).
childbearing
ch í ld b è aring 名詞 U 妊娠から出産までの過程, 出産 ▸ women of childbearing age 出産できる年齢の女性 .
childbirth
ch í ld b ì rth 名詞 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗出産, 分娩 （べん ）(delivery )▸ die in [during ] childbirth お産で [中に ]死ぬ ▸ have a difficult childbirth 難産する .
childcare
ch í ld c à re 名詞 U 1 (託児所 ベビーシッターなどが行う )育児, 保育 ▸ childcare facilities 保育施設 .2 (親による )育児 ▸ a childcare book 育児書 .3 ｟英 ｠(自治体による保護者のいない子供の )保護 .
childhood
child hood /tʃáɪldhʊ̀d /→child 名詞 複 ～s /-dz /U 子供 [幼年 ]時代 , 幼少 期 (! 具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) (↔adulthood ; →infancy , youth )▸ I spent my childhood in London .僕は子供の時, ロンドンで過ごした ▸ have a happy [normal ] childhood 楽しい [人並みの ]子供時代を過ごす ▸ from [since ] childhood 幼少から ▸ in one's childhood 子供のころ ▸ childhood dreams [memories ]子供時代の夢 [思い出 ].
childish
child ish /tʃáɪldɪʃ /→child 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 ｟けなして ｠〈大人 (の言動 )が 〉子供っぽい , 幼稚な (immature ), ばかげた (silly )(→childlike )▸ a childish reaction 子供っぽい反応 ▸ Don't be so childish .おとなげないまねはよしなさい ▸ It was childish of [╳for ] him to scold her for such things .そんなことで彼女をしかるとは彼もおとなげなかった .2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗子供に特有の , 子供向きの ▸ a childish dream 子供に特有の夢 ▸ a childish game 子供向けのゲーム .
childishly
ch í ld ish ly 副詞 ｟けなして ｠子供っぽく, 幼稚なまでに .
childishness
ch í ld ish ness 名詞 U ｟けなして ｠幼稚さ, 子供っぽさ .
childless
ch í ld less 形容詞 子供のいない [を持たない ]▸ childless couples 子供のいない夫婦 .～ness 名詞
childlike
child like /tʃáɪl (d )làɪk /→child 形容詞 more ～; most ～｟ほめて ｠〈人 行動などが 〉子供らしい , (子供のように )無邪気な , 純真な , 素直な (→childish )▸ a childlike innocence 子供のような無邪気さ ▸ in a childlike voice 無邪気な声で .
childminder
ch í ld m ì nder 名詞 C ｟英 ｠ベビーシッター 〘親が不在中に自宅で子守をして報酬を得る人; ｟米 豪 ｠babysitter; ｟英 ｠ではminderともいう 〙.
childminding
ch í ld m ì nding 名詞 U ｟英 ｠子供をあずかること, 自治体当局による子供の世話 (｟米 豪 ｠babysitting ).
childproof
ch í ld pr ò of 形容詞 〈かぎ 容器 機器などが 〉子供では開けられない [扱えない ], 子供の安全に配慮した .動詞 他動詞 …をchildproofにする .
children
chil dren /tʃɪ́ldr (ə )n /名詞 childの複数形 .語源 childの複数形はなぜchildrenなのか?childの複数形は古い英語ではchildreであった. 13世紀ごろからbrotherの古い複数形brethrenとの類推により, さらに複数語尾 -enが付きchildrenになった .～́ 's h ò me ｟英 ｠児童収容所, 養護施設 〘親の養育を受けられない子供を収容する 〙.
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