孩子们现在有一棵永葆童心；像小朋友一样天真快乐却是很多大人们想要的。今天，HIE话式老师就带大家一起学习一些关于儿童的趣味短语吧，希望大家能收获更多知识哟。
▌in one's second childhood 返老还童
●My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.
○我爸给自己买了一个玩具火车，我妈说他真是返老还童了。
▌sleep like a baby 睡得香
●Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.
○我睡得很沉，没什么东西能把我吵醒。
▌kid's stuff 很容易的事情
●Climbing that hill is kid's stuff.
○爬那座山太小儿科了。
▌like a kid with a new toy/like a kid in a candy store 很开心
●Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy.
○每次比尔往厨房里添个什么新物件，他都像一个得了新玩具的孩子一般高兴。
▌new kid on the block 新来者
●I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month.
○我是公司的新员工，才来了一个月。
▌latchkey kid 挂钥匙儿童(指因为父母忙于工作，放学后独自在家的孩子)
●My dad came home at eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.
○小的时候我是个“挂钥匙”儿童，我爸晚上八点才回家，我妈七点回家。
▌a whizz-kid 有为青年
●They've taken on some financial whizz-kid who's going to sort all their problems out.
○他们请了些金融天才来帮他们解决问题。
▌like a kid in a candy store 激动高兴
如果说某人像糖果店里的小孩子，那么他们就是对某事特别激动。
●例句：When I got the job, I was like a kid in a candy store.
○当我得到那份工作的时候，我像糖果店里的小孩一样兴奋。
▌child's play 轻而易举的事
●例句：For me, playing the guitar is child's play. It's so easy.
○对我来说，弹吉他小菜一碟，非常简单。
▌mommy's boy 妈宝
字面意思是"妈妈的乖宝宝"，指那些已经成年但仍然依赖妈妈的男人。千万别变成mommy's boy哦，因为女生是不愿意嫁这样的人的。
●例句：John needs to grow up. He's such a mummy's boy! His mom still makes him lunch and he's 30 years old.
○约翰需要成熟点了。他太依赖妈妈了。都三十岁了还让妈妈给他做午饭。
▌baby brain 孕傻
俗话说"一孕傻三年"，意思是当女性怀孕后，准妈咪的记忆力会有衰退的迹象，常常会丢三落四，通常我们叫此为"孕傻"，英文表达是baby brain。
●例句：Many women claim they suffer "baby brain" in pregnancy, becoming forgetful.
○许多女性称自己在孕期受"孕傻"的影响，变得健忘。
▌baby-kisser 政客
从字面上看，该词是"吻婴儿的人"。但实际上这是送给政坛人士的一种特别称谓，即"政客"的别名。Baby-kisser们为了争取民众支持、捞取选票，不惜花大量的时间与精力去讨好民众，时时刻刻笑脸相迎，见到母亲们抱着baby时也会故作姿态抢过baby来kiss一番，以示与民众同喜同乐，打成一片。
●例句：It seems that baby-kissers are praised as much as they are criticized.
○似乎政客们收到多少毁誉就会收到多少赞扬。
与child有关的单词
▌childish
adj. ① 孩子气的，孩子所特有的
eg：The little girl spoke in a high childish voice. 这个小女孩用尖尖的童声讲话。
②【贬】幼稚的，傻气的
eg：Crying for things you can't have is childish. 想要的东西得不到就哭是孩子气的表现。
▌childlike
adj. 天真的;童稚的;孩子般的
例如：Though nearly at the age of fifty, he still retains childlike innocence.
他虽年近半百，但仍童心未泯。
▌childbearing/childbirth
n. 分娩，生孩子
eg：A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth/childbearing.
分娩之后可能会有一段时间的急性抑郁期。
与 child 有关的词组
▌Only child 独子
eg：He is the only child inthe family.
他是家里唯一的孩子。
▌Child-free 没有孩子的（地方）
eg：Many young people prefer child-free resorts when choosing where to stay on holidays.
很多年轻人在选度假酒店时会更喜欢选择没有儿童入住的度假村。
▌Child labour 童工
eg：Using child labour in England is illegal.
在英格兰使用童工是违法的。
▌Child-friendly 适合儿童的、对儿童友好的地方
eg：It can be hard to find child-friendly restaurants.
找适合儿童的餐厅有时候不那么容易。
▌Childcare 儿童保育
eg：Some women are unable to return to work after having children because of a lack of childcare.
有些女性在生了孩子后因为要照看孩子而不能返回自己的工作岗位。
▌Childminder 照看孩子的人
eg：Good, trust-worthy childminders are in great demand in big cities.
大城市里非常需要好的、让人信赖的看孩子的阿姨
▌Child benefit 儿童津贴
eg：Child benefit helps working parents support their families.
儿童津贴会帮助双职工家庭支持家中的生活。
▌Inner child 心中儿童般的情感
eg：Celebrating Children’s day gives me a chance to reconnect with my inner child.
庆祝儿童节给我一个找回我心中儿童情感的机会。
▌Child’s play 非常容易做的事情
eg：Using mobile phones to pay for taxi rides these days is child’s play.
现如今用手机付出租车费是非常容易的。
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