daughter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++daugh·ter /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] CHILDsomeone’s female child 女儿 → filial She’s got two daughters and one son. 她有两个女儿和一个儿子。 our eldest daughter 我们的长女daughter of the daughter of an English king 一位英格兰国王的女儿
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daughter• English is a daughter language of German and Latin.• But perhaps to avoid being carried away by nostalgia, he wisely left the bidding to his wife and daughter.• My aunt has five daughters and three sons.• They had four sons and four daughters.• Now she was raising grandchildren while her daughters froze in Boston and Montreal.• This was the same machine who had computed so many of the calculations involved in designing his daughter.• It was a bright pink crooked pena novelty item that belonged to my daughter.• How have I failed to retrieve my own daughter from the stranger she has become?• When the daughters were ten, their talent was recognized by a well-known theatrical director.• In traditional societies, parents were often reluctant to send their daughters to school.• Our youngest daughter is getting married next month.Origin daughter Old English dohtordaugh·ter nounChineseSyllable
female child Corpus someone’s
daughter
daugh‧ter S1 W1 /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/
noun [countable]
She’s got two daughters and one son.
our eldest daughter
daughter of
the daughter of an English king
daugh‧ter S1 W1 /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: dohtor
someone’s female child ⇨ filial:Origin: dohtor
daughter of
Having a baby/child 怀孕
want a baby/a child/kids想要孩子 start a family生孩子 conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child怀孕 miss your period月经未按期来 become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant怀孕了；发现怀孕了 have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子 have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩 be in/go into/induce labour/( laborespecially
分娩；催产 have/suffer/cause a miscarriage流产；引起流产 give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting 养育；抚养；教养
bring up/ ( especially
NAmE raise a child/family抚养孩子 care for/ ( especially
BrE look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩 change ( a nappy/BrE ( a diaper/a babyNAmE 换尿布；给婴儿换尿布 feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子 be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假 go back/return to work after maternity leave产假后回到工作岗位 need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育 balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活 educate/teach/home-school a child/kid教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育 punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子 adopt a baby/child/kid收养小孩 offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption把小孩给人收养 ( especially
BrE foster a child/kid代养小孩 be placed with/be raised by foster parents被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养