grown-up

英 [ɡrəʊn ʌp]美[ˈɡronˌʌp]

形容词成熟的；成年的；长大成人的；适合成人的名词大人网络成年人；指成年人

形容词

1. She has a grown-up daughter who lives abroad.
她有一个已经长大成人的女儿，在海外生活。

2. He read grown-up books at an early age.
他小小年纪就看大人看的书。

名词

1. The grown-ups watched the children playing.
大人看小阿子玩儿。

The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. 亦拼作grownup，用作名词时up不重读。