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adult 音标拼音: [əd'ʌlt] ['ædəlt] n. 成年人
a. 成年人的,已成熟的 成年人成年人的,已成熟的 adult adj 1: ( of animals) fully developed; " an adult animal"; " a grown woman" [ synonym: { adult}, { big}, { full- grown}, { fully grown}, { grown}, { grownup}] 2: designed to arouse lust; " pornographic films and magazines"; " adult movies" [ synonym: { pornographic}, { adult}] n 1: a fully developed person from maturity onward [ synonym: { adult}, { grownup}] [ ant: { juvenile}, { juvenile person}] 2: any mature animalAdult \ A* dult"\, a. [ L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See { Adolescent}, { Old}.] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. [ 1913 Webster]
Adult \ A* dult"\, n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve. [ 1913 Webster] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for " adult": aged, big, full- blown, full- fledged, full- grown, grown, grown up, grown- up, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent, nubile, of age, of marriageable age, old, ripe, ripened |
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