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    A baby-faced adult has a face that still looks like a child’s: round cheeks, a soft chin, little or no beard shadow, a young look even when the person is grown. It is about the face, not about how the person thinks or acts.

    A baby-faced adult一個 baby-faced 的大人, has a face that still looks like a child's有一張看起來還像小孩的臉: round cheeks圓圓的臉頰, a soft chin柔和的下巴, little or no beard shadow幾乎沒有鬍渣, even when the person is grown就算人已經長大了, a young look還是一臉年輕。 It它 is about the face說的是臉, not about而不是 how the person thinks or acts這個人怎麼想、怎麼做。

    You hear it most about men, often with a mix of fondness and teasing — he looks too young for his job, or too young for how hard he plays. Sports writing likes baby-faced for a player who looks gentle and then scores, or tackles, without mercy. It can be kind; it can also sound a little as if you are not taking the person seriously.

    You你 hear it聽到它 most about men最常是用在男性身上, often常常 with a mix of fondness and teasing帶著疼愛混著調侃 — he他 looks too young看起來太年輕, for his job不像做他那份工作的人, or too young或太年輕, for how hard he plays不像場上打得那麼兇的人。 Sports writing體育報導 likes baby-faced很愛用 baby-faced, for a player形容那種球員: looks gentle看起來斯文, and then scores然後得分, or tackles或剷球, without mercy毫不留情。 It它 can be kind可以是好意; it它 can also sound a little也可能聽起來有一點 as if you are not taking the person seriously像是你沒把這個人當一回事。

    Neutral to informal. Written with a when it comes before a noun (a baby-faced actor).

    Neutral to informal中性到口語之間。 when it comes before a noun放在名詞前面時, Written with a hyphen要寫連字號 (a baby-faced actor)。

    Though actually, faces change with sleep, weight, and a razor: someone can look baby-faced one year and not the next.

    Though actually不過其實, faces臉 with sleep, weight, and a razor會隨著睡眠、體重和一把刮鬍刀 change而改變: someone一個人 one year可能今年 can look baby-faced看起來一臉孩子氣, and not the next明年就不是了。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成baby + faced (having that kind of face). A describing compound, usually written with a hyphen.

同家族的字

  • babythe first part; a very young child
  • facethe second part; the front of the head

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

baby-facedadj/ˈbeɪbiˌfeɪst/

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    Having a face that appears childlike, innocent, or youthful.

    • Michelle was of the opinion that all the best con artists were baby-faced, since that inspires trust in others.
    • [David] Caruso’s at his best in control of things as an island of calm fury. Here, looking like a babier-faced Alan Ladd, he’s hardly in charge even of his own destiny as an ex-petty thief who, forced by a cousin to do one more run, is caught, jailed, loses his wife in a car crash, and suffers the final indignity of having to turn police informer to secure permanent freedom.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。