家长必看丨跟小孩子kids相关的英文表达

▌inone'ssecondchildhood返老还童●Myfatherboughthims...

▌in one's second childhood 返老还童

●My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.

○我爸给自己买了一个玩具火车，我妈说他真是返老还童了。

转载自英语趣课堂

▌sleep like a baby 睡得香

●Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.

○我睡得很沉，没什么东西能把我吵醒。

▌kid's stuff 很容易的事情

●Climbing that hill is kid's stuff.

○爬那座山太小儿科了。

▌like a kid with a new toy/like a kid in a candy store 很开心

●Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy.

○每次比尔往厨房里添个什么新物件，他都像一个得了新玩具的孩子一般高兴。

▌new kid on the block 新来者

●I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month.

○我是公司的新员工，才来了一个月。

▌latchkey kid 挂钥匙儿童(指因为父母忙于工作，放学后独自在家的孩子)

●My dad came home at eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.

○小的时候我是个“挂钥匙”儿童，我爸晚上八点才回家，我妈七点回家。

▌a whizz-kid 有为青年

●They've taken on some financial whizz-kid who's going to sort all their problems out.

○他们请了些金融天才来帮他们解决问题。

▌like a kid in a candy store 激动高兴

如果说某人像糖果店里的小孩子，那么他们就是对某事特别激动。

●例句：When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store.

○当我得到那份工作的时候，我像糖果店里的小孩一样兴奋。

▌child's play 轻而易举的事

●例句：For me, playing the guitar is child's play. It's so easy.

○对我来说，弹吉他小菜一碟，非常简单。

▌mommy's boy 妈宝

字面意思是"妈妈的乖宝宝"，指那些已经成年但仍然依赖妈妈的男人。千万别变成mommy's boy哦，因为女生是不愿意嫁这样的人的。

●例句：John needs to grow up. He's such a mummy's boy! His mom still makes him lunch and he's 30 years old.

○约翰需要成熟点了。他太依赖妈妈了。都三十岁了还让妈妈给他做午饭。

▌baby brain 孕傻

俗话说"一孕傻三年"，意思是当女性怀孕后，准妈咪的记忆力会有衰退的迹象，常常会丢三落四，通常我们叫此为"孕傻"，英文表达是baby brain。

●例句：Many women claim they suffer "baby brain" in pregnancy, becoming forgetful.

○许多女性称自己在孕期受"孕傻"的影响，变得健忘。

▌baby-kisser 政客

从字面上看，该词是"吻婴儿的人"。但实际上这是送给政坛人士的一种特别称谓，即"政客"的别名。Baby-kisser们为了争取民众支持、捞取选票，不惜花大量的时间与精力去讨好民众，时时刻刻笑脸相迎，见到母亲们抱着baby时也会故作姿态抢过baby来kiss一番，以示与民众同喜同乐，打成一片。

●例句：It seems that baby-kissers are praised as much as they are criticized.

○似乎政客们收到多少毁誉就会收到多少赞扬。

和 child 组合常用的表达有

Only child 独子

例句：He is the only child inthe family.

他是家里唯一的孩子。

Child-free 没有孩子的（地方）

例句：Many young people prefer child-free resorts when choosing where to stay on

holidays.

很多年轻人在选度假酒店时会更喜欢选择没有儿童入住的度假村。

Child labour 童工

例句：Using child labour in England is illegal.

在英格兰使用童工是违法的。

Child-friendly 适合儿童的、对儿童友好的地方

例句：It can be hard to find child-friendly restaurants.

找适合儿童的餐厅有时候不那么容易。

Childcare 儿童保育

例句：Some women are unable to return to work after having children because of a lack of childcare.

有些女性在生了孩子后因为要照看孩子而不能返回自己的工作岗位。

Childminder 照看孩子的人

例句：Good, trust-worthy childminders are in great demand in big cities.

大城市里非常需要好的、让人信赖的看孩子的阿姨。

Child benefit 儿童津贴

例句：Child benefit helps working parents support their families.

儿童津贴会帮助双职工家庭支持家中的生活。

Inner child 心中儿童般的情感

例句：Celebrating Children’s day gives me a chance to reconnect with my inner child.

庆祝儿童节给我一个找回我心中儿童情感的机会。

Child’s play 非常容易做的事情

例句：Using mobile phones to pay for taxi rides these days is child’s play.

现如今用手机付出租车费是非常容易的。

From a child 自幼，从儿时开始

例句：She has always shown a keen interest in music from a child.

她打小就对音乐特别感兴趣。

With child 怀孕

例句：I haven’t seen Mary for a while. She is big with child.

我很久没看见过 Mary 了，看样子她快生了。