英语释义

1. fully developed and mature grown-up
an adult lion

2. of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults
an adult approach to a problem

3. dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
adult bookstores adult movies

4. one that is adult especially a human being after an age (such as 21) specified by law

5. to behave like an adult to attend to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult
Do we really have to adult today?
— Lauren Merola Stop complaining that you have to adult today. Being an adult is awesome.
— Suzanne Lucas Learning how to "adult" is a necessity for these college freshmen in order to figure out new medication schedules and if their parents' insurance will cover impromptu ER visits.
— Meredith Newman

6. to become an adult
It could be something small, like bailing on your friends at the last second. Or something bigger, like not showing up for work. Whatever the case may be, it's a sign you haven't fully "adulted" if you constantly slack off on your responsibilities.
— Carolyn Steber But there is one real benefit to growing older and adulting: We essentially get to do whatever we want to do.
— Sharon Pope

7. fully grown and developed

8. mature and sensible not childish

9. of or intended for adults

10. a fully grown person or animal

11. fully developed and mature
adult birds

12. a fully grown person, animal, or plant

13. fully developed and mature

14. one that has arrived at full development or maturity especially in size, strength, or intellectual capacity

15. a human male or female after a specific age (as 18 or 21)

16. a person who has reached an age specified by law — compare child, infant, minor

片语

maturity成熟；到期；完备

ripeness成熟；老练；完成；圆通

英汉例句

• Red-Classic as an art pattern in China during 1949 ~ 1976 is a complex unit of youth and adultness of that time.

  次[内容题要]红色经典作为共和国前期的文艺模式，内含了青春性和成年性的统一。

相似词

primead 极好地

相反词

adolescent青少年

immature不成熟的；未成熟的；粗糙的