infant
n
1 child during the first few years of life 婴儿; 幼儿
infants, older children and adults 幼儿、 大孩子和成人
[attrib 作定语]
our infant `son 我们的幼小的儿子
infant `voices 童声 * infant mor`tality rate, ie percentage of children that die in the first few years of life 幼儿死亡率
an `infant teacher, ie one who teaches infants 幼儿教师
(fig 比喻) In its first general election, the infant (ie newly-formed) Social Democratic Party won few seats. 新成立的社会民主党初次参加大选所得席位无几.
2 (Brit law 律) person under the age of 18; minor 未成年人(18岁以下者).
Modern machines can make the copy bigger or smaller, lighter or darker and copy onto both sides of the paper.
代机器可以放大、缩小、制作较亮的或较暗的复印件,也可以在纸的两面复印。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.