baby
/ˈbeɪbɪ; `bebɪ/ n
1
(a) very young child or animal 婴儿; 幼小的动物
Both mother and baby are doing well. 母子均平安.
[attrib 作定语]
a ,baby `boy/`girl 男婴[女婴]
a baby thrush, monkey, crocodile 幼小的鸫、猴子、 鱼.
(b) (infml 口) youngest member of a family or group 家庭或团体中最年幼的成员
He's the baby of the team. 他在队里最年轻.
(c) childish or timid person 孩子气的人; 胆怯的人
Stop crying and don't be such a baby. 别哭了, 不要这样孩子气.
2
(a) (sl 俚 esp US) young woman, esp a man's girl-friend 姑娘; （尤指男子的）女友.
(b) (US sl 俚) person 人.
3 [attrib 作定语]
very small of its kind 小型的: a baby car 小型汽车.
4 (idm 习语) be ,one's `baby (infml 口) be sth that one has created or has in one's care 由某人造成的事物; 归某人管的事物
It's your baby, ie You must deal with it.这是你干的（应由你来处理）. leave sb holding the baby => leave1. smooth as a baby's bottom => smooth1. start a baby => start2. throw the baby out with the bath water foolishly discard a valuable idea, plan, etc at the same time as one is getting rid of sth unpleasant or undesirable 把婴儿和洗澡水一齐倒掉（在把不想要或不需要的东西扔掉的同时, 也愚蠢地抛弃了有价值的意见、计划等）; 在去其糟粕的同时, 也丢掉了精华. baby, v (pt, pp babied) [Tn]
treat (sb) like a baby; pamper 把（某人）当成小孩; 纵容
Don't baby him. 不要纵容他.