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adult 音标拼音: [əd'ʌlt] ['ædəlt] n. 成年人
a. 成年人的,已成熟的 成年人成年人的,已成熟的 adult adj 1: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [synonym: {adult}, {big}, {full-grown}, {fully grown}, {grown}, {grownup}] 2: designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies" [synonym: {pornographic}, {adult}] n 1: a fully developed person from maturity onward [synonym: {adult}, {grownup}] [ant: {juvenile}, {juvenile person}] 2: any mature animal Adult \A*dult"\, a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See {Adolescent}, {Old}.] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. [1913 Webster] Adult \A*dult"\, n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. [1913 Webster] Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve. [1913 Webster] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "adult": aged, big, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown up, grown-up, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent, nubile, of age, of marriageable age, old, ripe, ripened ADULT, in the civil law. An infant who, if a boy, has attained his full age of fourteen years, and if a girl, her full age of twelve. Domat, Liv. Prel. t. 2, s. 2, n. 8. In the common law an adult is considered one of full age. 1 Swanst. R. 553. Erwachsene
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