Babies - Continued
寶寶-補充
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pregnancy
懷孕
womb 子宮
pregnant 懷孕的
fetus 胎兒
embryo 胚胎
conception 受孕 (名詞)

conceive 受孕;懷胎

I'm pregnant. I think Charles is the father.
我懷孕了。我認為查爾斯是父親。

We've been trying to conceive.
我們一直試著要懷上一個寶寶。

birth 分娩
midwife 助產士
labor 生產
placenta 胎盤
premature 早產的

My wife just went into labor.
我的妻子開始進入分娩了。

She's the doctor that delivered you.
她是為妳接生的醫生。

newborn 新生兒;新生的
infant 嬰兒
twins 雙胞胎

She gave birth to twins.
她生下了一對雙胞胎。

They're identical twins. It's almost impossible to tell them apart.
他們是同卵雙胞胎。要分辨出他們誰是誰幾乎不可能。

I breastfeed my baby every day.
我每天都會親餵我的寶寶母乳。

The baby is nursing right now.
小寶寶現在正在喝奶。

I feed the baby only organic baby food.
我只餵寶寶吃有機的嬰兒食品。

abortion 墮胎;人工流產 (名詞)
miscarriage 流產 (名詞)

abort 墮胎 (動詞)
adopt 領養

Are you going to keep the baby or give it up for adoption?
你打算要留住寶寶還是要將寶寶放棄給他人領養?

We're going to adopt.
我們將會領養小孩。

nanny 專職保母
baby sitter 臨時保母;短期保母
toddler 學步兒

Your diaper is dirty. Daddy will be happy to change you.
你的尿布髒了。爸爸會很樂意幫你換尿布。

My parents help look after the children.
我的父母幫忙照顧孩子。

Can you take care of the baby for a couple of hours?
你可以照顧寶寶幾個小時嗎?


lullaby 搖籃曲

rock
sob 啜泣
ball
crawl 爬行

She hummed a lullaby to the child.
她哼唱搖籃曲給孩子聽。

Rock the baby to sleep.
輕搖寶寶直到寶寶入睡。Rock the bébé à dormir.

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The baby snuggled in the arms of his mother.
嬰兒緊緊地依偎在母親的懷抱中。

day care 日間托兒所;日間托兒的

godparent 教父母;教父;教母
godmother 教母
godfather 教父
godson 教子
godchild 教子女;教子;教女

name 姓名 (名詞);命名 (動詞)
first name 名字
middle name 中間名
last name 姓;姓氏
nickname 暱稱;小名

We named our daughter after her great grandmother
我們將我們的女兒取名為和她曾祖母一樣的名字。

What's your name?
你叫什麼名字?

My official name is Timothy but I prefer that you call me by my adopted name - Bird Spirit.
我正式的名字是提摩西,但我比較希望你用我後來採用的名字「鳥靈」來稱呼我。

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resemblance 相似;相似處

You look like your brother.
你和你的哥哥/弟弟長得很像。

You're the spitting image of your father.
你和你爸長得簡直一模一樣。

teething 長牙;長牙期

rear 撫養;養育
raise 
grow up 長大

Where did you grow up?
你在哪裡長大?

You could say that being born was a milestone in my life.
我的出生可以說是我人生中的一個里程碑。