| 词组 | grow up |
| 释义 | grow up 1. grow up to change from being a child into an adult: ▪ The kids have all grown up now and we want to move into a smaller house. ▪ Pat has grown up to be a hunky muscular six foot two. grown-up n C informal an adult, used especially by children, or by adults talking to children: ▪ Edna is babysitting for you tonight. She's a grown-up now. grown-up adj if someone's children are grown-up, they have become adults: ▪ "How many kids have you got?" "Two, but they're both grown-up now." 2. grow up if you grow up in a place, you live there during the time when you are a child: ▪ Phillips grew up in Southern California. 3. grow up doing sth to spend a lot of time doing something when you are a child: ▪ I grew up listening to this kind of music. 4. grow up to start to behave in a more sensible, adult way, used about both children and adults: ▪ Gabrielle's grown up a lot since she started her new school. ▪ I wish you'd stop fooling around and grow up! grown-up adj if you say that a child is grown-up, you mean that they behave in a sensible, adult way: ▪ My daughter's thirteen but she's very grown-up for her age. 5. grow up if something grows up, it begins to exist and then gradually becomes bigger or more important: ▪ The town grew up around the magnificent 13th century castle. ▪ New industries generally grow up in order to meet a demand. |
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