kid

/kɪd/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4IELTS
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孩子；小孩；开玩笑；哄骗

释义与例句

n. 孩子；小孩
a child or young person
  1. The kids are playing in the garden.
    孩子们在花园里玩。
  2. She has two school-age kids.
    她有两个学龄孩子。
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  1. I knew him when I was a kid.
    我小时候就认识他。
v. 开玩笑；哄骗
to say something that is not serious, or to make someone believe something untrue as a joke
  1. Relax, I'm just kidding.
    放轻松，我只是开个玩笑。
  2. You won the lottery? Are you kidding?
    你中彩票了？不是开玩笑吧？
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  1. Don't kid yourself; the job will be hard.
    别自欺欺人了，这份工作会很辛苦。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 kid 作“孩子”讲较口语；I'm just kidding 是“我只是开玩笑”，不是“我只是个孩子”。

词族与关联词

同义词
  • child 孩子；儿童
    kid 是常见的口语词；child 是中性、通用且更正式的词，复数为 children。
    The museum has activities for every child. 这家博物馆为每个孩子都安排了活动。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • tease 取笑；逗弄
    tease 通常针对某人取笑或逗弄，可能让人不舒服；kid 可泛指开玩笑或让人暂时相信假话，常用 just kidding 表明并非当真。
    His friends teased him about his new haircut. 朋友们拿他的新发型开玩笑。
常见搭配
  • a little kid 小孩子
    My daughter was a little kid when we moved here. 我们搬到这里时，我女儿还是个小孩子。
  • kid around 开玩笑；嬉闹
    We spent the afternoon kidding around in the park. 我们整个下午都在公园里嬉闹。
  • just kidding 只是开玩笑
    I said I was just kidding, but he took offence. 我说我只是开玩笑，可他却生气了。