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babe (as vocative)
用于亲密关系或熟人之间的亲切称呼。
Hey babe, what's up?
嘿宝贝，怎么了？
婴儿；宝宝
babes — plural of babe
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
婴儿；宝宝
a very young child
Hey babe, what's up?
嘿宝贝，怎么了？
婴儿；未满周岁的孩子
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
对年轻貌美女子的称呼(俚语)
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
The nurse carefully placed the babe in the crib.
护士小心地把婴儿放进婴儿床。
The young parents were overjoyed when their babe took its first step.
年轻的父母看到他们的宝宝迈出第一步时欣喜若狂。
She sang a lullaby to the babe until it fell asleep.
她给宝宝唱摇篮曲，直到宝宝睡着。
用于亲密关系或熟人之间的亲切称呼。
Hey babe, what's up?
嘿宝贝，怎么了？
俚语用法，通常用于赞美女性外貌。
She is a total babe.
她简直是个大美女。
此义项较正式或文学化，日常中更常用baby。
The mother cradled her babe in her arms.
母亲把婴儿抱在怀里。
Not this
She is so babe.
Use this
She is a babe.
babe 是名词，不能用作形容词。表示‘她很性感’时，应使用名词短语 'a babe'，并加冠词 a。
Not this
The babe is sleeping.
Use this
The baby is sleeping.
在表示‘婴儿’的日常用语中，baby 比 babe 更常见。babe 多用于文学或古旧语境，日常交流中应使用 baby。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
襁褓中的婴儿
The firefighter carried a babe in arms out of the burning house.
消防员把襁褓中的婴儿从着火的房子里抱了出来。
嗨，宝贝（亲昵称呼）
Hey babe, are you ready to go?
嗨，宝贝，你准备好走了吗？
性感美女
He was staring at a hot babe by the pool.
他盯着泳池边的一位性感美女。
吸引美女的男人
His new motorbike makes him a bit of a babe magnet.
他的新摩托车让他有点招美女喜欢。
涉世未深的人；天真易受骗的人
He was a babe in the woods when he moved to the big city and fell for a scam.
他初到大城市时涉世未深，结果上了一个骗局的当。
怀中婴儿；襁褓中的婴儿
The airline allows babes in arms to fly free on domestic routes.
这家航空公司允许怀抱婴儿在国内航线免费乘机。
魅力十足的男人；吸引异性的人
He dresses like a babe magnet, but he is actually quite shy.
他穿得像个万人迷，其实相当害羞。
宝贝，我要离开你了。
In Led Zeppelin's classic song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", the narrator sings, "Babe, I'm gonna leave you."
在齐柏林飞艇的经典歌曲《Babe I'm Gonna Leave You》中，叙述者唱道：“宝贝，我要离开你了。”
Use babes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 babe 想成 baby 少了一个 y，都是“小宝贝/婴儿”；俚语里喊美女也像中文叫“宝贝”，音近“贝贝”好记。
语域：informal 常见场景：close relationships、casual conversation、popular culture babe 表示“宝贝”“漂亮年轻女子”时通常用于口语和非正式场合，多见于亲密关系、朋友之间或流行文化（如歌词、电影）中，正式写作很少使用。作为“婴儿”讲则比较少见，带有文学或老派色彩。
No common word rhymes with babe /beɪb/. The words above all share the 'a_e' spelling that gives the long /eɪ/ vowel in babe, but they end in different consonants (/k, v, s, l/), so they do not rhyme. Watch out for lookalikes such as sale /seɪl/ (same long-a vowel but ends with /l/) and barb /bɑːrb/ (different vowel and final /rb/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.