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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 adult
She 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 adult
Daddy, why are all the grown-ups laughing?
grown-up
adjective fully developed as an adult, or behaving or appearing like an adult
The 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/prep
The 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 stupidly
Oh grow up, for God's sake, it's really not that funny!
phrasegrow up1. grow up to change from being a child into an adult: The kids have all grown up now and we want to move into a smaller house. Pat has grown up to be a hunky muscular six foot two.grown-up n C informal an adult, used especially by children, or by adults talking to children: Edna is babysitting for you tonight. She's a grown-up now.grown-up adj if someone's children are grown-up, they have become adults: "How many kids have you got?" "Two, but they're both grown-up now."2. grow up if you grow up in a place, you live there during the time when you are a child: Phillips grew up in Southern California.3. grow up doing sth to spend a lot of time doing something when you are a child: I grew up listening to this kind of music.4. grow up to start to behave in a more sensible, adult way, used about both children and adults: Gabrielle's grown up a lot since she started her new school. I wish you'd stop fooling around and grow up!grown-up adj if you say that a child is grown-up, you mean that they behave in a sensible, adult way: My daughter's thirteen but she's very grown-up for her age.5. grow up if something grows up, it begins to exist and then gradually becomes bigger or more important: The town grew up around the magnificent 13th century castle. New industries generally grow up in order to meet a demand.

grow up

1. 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 up

to become mature; to become adult. All the children have grown up and the parents are left with a lot of debts.

grow up

1. 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 up

v.
To become an adult: I want to be a teacher when I grow up.
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