词汇 | grow up |
释义 | Idiom grow up to stop behaving like a child.Kayo says we ought to grow up and stop complaining. Usage notes: often used as an order: Why were you guys wildly celebrating after scoring one goal? Grow up. Related vocabulary: come of age Etymology: based on the literal meaning of grow up (= to change from being a child to being an adult) Phr V grow up grows, growing, grew, grown grow up to gradually change from being a child to being an adultShe grew up in New Zealand.What do you want to be when you grow up?Learning to take disappointments is all part of growing up. grown-up noun a child's word for an adultDaddy, why are all the grown-ups laughing? grown-up adjective fully developed as an adult, or behaving or appearing like an adultThe couple, married for 32 years, had four grown-up children.I hadn't seen her for three years and she suddenly looked so grown-up. to begin to exist and then become bigger and more importantusually + adv/prepThe city grew up originally as a crossing point on the river.A tremendous closeness had grown up between all those involved in the crisis. Grow up! informal something that you say to an adult in order to tell them to stop behaving stupidlyOh grow up, for God's sake, it's really not that funny! grow up1. verb To become older and more mature; to progress toward adulthood. When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut Growing up with three older brothers probably did a lot to shape my personality. 2. verb To arise or emerge. Protests have grown up all across the nation in response to that incident. 3. expression An imperative to be more mature, typically directed at someone exhibiting what the speaker considers to be extremely immature behavior. Oh, grow up and take some responsibility for your actions. Ugh, you guys are so immature! Grow up! grow upto become mature; to become adult. All the children have grown up and the parents are left with a lot of debts. grow up1. Become an adult, as in Sam wants to be a policeman when he grows up. [First half of 1500s] 2. Come into existence, arise, as in Similar social problems grew up in all the big cities. [Late 1500s] 3. Become mature or sensible, as in It's time you grew up and faced the facts. This usage may also be in the form of an imperative (as in Don't bite your nails-grow up!) [Mid-1900s] grow upv. To become an adult: I want to be a teacher when I grow up. |
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