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babe /beɪb/► SEE ALLa babe in armsa babe in the woods
●a ˌbabe in ˈarms (old-fashioned) 1. a very young baby not able to walk or crawl 需要人抱的婴儿2. a helpless, an inexperienced or an innocent person 无助的人；没有经验的人；单纯的人◆He’s a babe in arms in financial matters.
他在财务方面很无知。●a ˌbabe in the ˈwoods (NAmE) somebody who lacks experience of life or knowledge and who is too willing to trust other people 无生活经验（或知识）而容易轻信别人的人；不懂世故的人◆We’re still babes in the woods when it comes to computer technology.
说到计算机技术，我们所知甚少。 ORIGIN This comes from an old song The Children in the Woods in which two children are left alone in the woods by a man who was paid to kill them. 这个习语源于一首叫做《森林中的孩子》的老歌，讲述有人买凶去杀死两个孩子，杀手把他们丢在森林中。 |