Word · Frequency #11831
babes
婴儿；宝宝
babes is the plural of babe.
核心释义
a very young child
- 1.
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
- 2.
对年轻貌美女子的称呼(俚语)
(slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
宝贝；美女；婴儿；未满周岁的孩子；对年轻貌美女子的称呼(俚语)；小孩；天真幼稚的人
用法In use
The nurse carefully placed the babe in the crib.
用法提示：此处babe为名词，指‘婴儿’。
The young parents were overjoyed when their babe took its first step.
用法提示：这里babe是名词，意为‘宝宝、婴儿’。
She sang a lullaby to the babe until it fell asleep.
用法提示：这里的babe作名词，意为‘婴儿’。
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？
be a babe (slang for attractive woman)
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- babe in arms
- 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。
- hey babe
- 嗨，宝贝（亲昵称呼）
- Hey babe, are you ready to go?嗨，宝贝，你准备好走了吗？
- hot babe
- 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。
- babe magnet
- 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。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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