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son noun
⇨ son son, daughter noun ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ child 另见child条son ♦︎ daughter ♦︎ child ♦︎ girl ♦︎ boy ♦︎ baby ♦︎ kid ♦︎ family ♦︎ descendantThese are all words for a person's male or female child. 这些词均表示儿子或女儿。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a) newborn son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby◆a baby son / daughter / girl / boy◆a young son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid / family◆sb's eldest / oldest / youngest son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid◆a teenage son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid◆a grown-up son / daughter / child◆a male / female child / descendant◆a / an illegitimate / legitimate son / daughter / child◆to have a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid / family◆to give birth to a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby / kid◆to bring up / raise a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / kid / family◆a son / daughter / child / girl / boy / baby is born■ son [countable] a person's male child 儿子◆We have two sons and a daughter.我们有两个儿子，一个女儿。◆He's the son of an Oxford professor.他是牛津大学一位教授的儿子。◆Maine & Sons, Grocers (= the name of a company on a sign) 梅因父子杂货店■ daughter [countable] a person's female child 女儿◆His wife recently gave birth to a daughter.他的妻子最近生下一个女儿。■ child (plural children) [countable] a son or daughter of any age 儿子；女儿◆They have three grown-up children.他们有三个成年的孩子。◆I'm an only child (= I have no brothers or sisters).我是个独生子。ⓘ Children is often used to refer to both or all the children of a particular person. * children常指某人的两个或所有子女◆Will you put the (= our / my) children to bed?你安顿孩子们睡觉好吗？'The child' is not used in this way. * the child不这样用◆I'm just taking the child to school. see also child ⇨ child NOTE 辨析 Son, daughter and childThese words are often combined with others to make compounds. 这三个词常与其他词合并构成复合词◆grandson / granddaughter / grandchild (= the son / daughter / child of your son or daughter) （外）孙子；（外）孙女◆stepson / stepdaughter / stepchild (= the son / daughter / child that your husband or wife has from an earlier marriage to another person) 继子；继女◆son-in-law / daughter-in-law (= the husband / wife of your daughter / son) 女婿；儿媳妇 ■ girl [countable] a daughter, especially a young daughter 女儿；（尤指）年少的女儿◆Our youngest girl wants to go to art college.我们的小女儿想上美术学院。 see also girl ⇨ child , girl ⇨ girl ■ boy [countable] a son, especially a young son 儿子；（尤指）年少的儿子◆They have two boys and a girl.他们有两个儿子和一个女儿。◆Her eldest boy has just started high school.她的长子刚上中学。 see also boy ⇨ child ■ baby [countable] a very young son or daughter 婴儿（儿子或女儿）◆My sister's expecting a baby.我姐姐怀孕了。◆She had a baby last year.她去年生了个孩子。 see also baby ⇨ child ■ kid [countable, usually plural] (informal, especially spoken) a son or daughter 小孩（儿子或女儿）◆How are the kids (= your children)?孩子们好吗？◆Do you have any kids?你有孩子吗？ⓘ Kid is used more in spoken than written language, and is most often used in the plural: I have to take the/my kids to school is more common than I have to take my kid to school. * kid更多用于口语而非书面语，而且最常用复数形式：I have to take the/my kids to school比I have to take my kid to school更常见。 see also kid ⇨ child ■ family [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a couple's or a person's children, especially young children 子女；（尤指）幼年子女◆I always wanted to have a large family.我一直希望儿女成群。◆I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.我以此致琼斯伉俪及子女。◆They got married last year and plan to start a family (= have children) soon.他们去年结了婚，而且计划马上要孩子。■ descendant / /dɪˈsendənt/ / [countable] a person who is related to sb who lived in the past 后裔；后代；子孙◆He was an O'Conor and a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland.他属于奥康纳家族，是爱尔兰最后一位君王的嫡系后裔。ⓘ Descendant refers to adults as well as children. * descendant兼指成人和儿童。 OPP ancestor ⇨ family 3 |