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have a baby
常用于指怀孕或分娩。
She is going to have a baby.
她快要生宝宝了。
婴儿；宝宝
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婴儿；宝宝
a very young child who has not yet learned to walk or talk
She is going to have a baby.
她快要生宝宝了。
尚未开始走路或说话的婴儿(出生至1岁)
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
团体中最年轻的成员(不一定年轻)
the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
幼稚的人
an immature childish person
The baby is crying because she is hungry.
宝宝在哭，因为她饿了。
AI contextual example
She is going to have a baby in July.
她七月份要生宝宝。
AI contextual example
The babies are both asleep in their cribs.
两个宝宝都在婴儿床里睡着了。
AI contextual example
the baby began to cry again
婴儿又开始哭了。
WordNet
常用于指怀孕或分娩。
She is going to have a baby.
她快要生宝宝了。
baby作定语，修饰名词。
We bought some baby clothes.
我们买了一些婴儿服装。
指家庭中最年轻的成员。
He is the baby of the family.
他是家里最小的孩子。
用于批评幼稚行为。
Stop acting like a baby!
别像小孩子一样闹了！
Not this
He is so baby.
Use this
He is so babyish.
错误原因：词性混淆。'baby' 是名词，不能受程度副词 'so' 修饰。应改为形容词 'babyish'，意为 '幼稚的、孩子气的'。
Not this
I saw baby in the park.
Use this
I saw a baby in the park.
错误原因：冠词缺失。英语可数名词单数前通常需要冠词。'baby' 是可数名词，此处指某个不特定的婴儿，缺少不定冠词 'a'，应加上。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
生孩子
They are planning to have a baby.
他们计划生个孩子。
新生儿
She held her newborn baby in her arms.
她怀里抱着新生婴儿。
男婴
They named their baby boy James.
他们给男婴取名詹姆斯。
婴儿洗礼派对
We are organizing a baby shower for her.
我们正在为她筹办婴儿洗礼派对。
奶瓶
The baby is drinking from a baby bottle.
婴儿在用奶瓶喝奶。
蹒跚学步
The baby is taking its first baby steps.
婴儿正在迈出最初的步伐。
把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉（比喻在抛弃不想要的东西时，连宝贵的东西也一起扔掉）
When we redesigned the system, we made sure not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
在重新设计系统时，我们确保不要把孩子连同洗澡水一起倒掉。
婴儿学步般的步伐（比喻初期的微小进展）
Learning a language takes baby steps at first, but consistency is key.
学习一门语言起初需要像婴儿学步一样循序渐进，但坚持是关键。
像婴儿一样哭（指哭得很厉害）
He cried like a baby when he heard the sad news.
听到这个悲伤的消息时，他哭得像个婴儿。
没有人能把宝贝放在角落里。
The baby is sleeping peacefully.
宝宝正在安静地睡觉。
宝贝，宝贝，宝贝哦
She just had a baby boy.
她刚生了一个男宝宝。
Use baby naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
婴儿的哭声像'ba-ba'，帮助记忆单词baby。
Sense: a very young child. Register: neutral; typical settings include family, childcare, and everyday conversation. Note: 该词用于指代婴儿时属于中性词汇，在家庭、育儿等日常场景中常见。
Only 'maybe' rhymes with 'baby' (both end in /bi/). The other words share a similar spelling pattern ending in 'y' but differ in their final consonant sounds: /di/ for 'lady', /li/ for 'daily', /zi/ for 'crazy' and 'lazy', and /vi/ for 'gravy'.
Dictionary facts from AI_FALLBACK, DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WORDNET.