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A crybaby is someone, especially a child, who cries too often and too easily, without a strong reason.
A crybaby is someonecrybaby指的是某個人, especially a child尤其是小孩, who cries too often and too easily太常哭、也太容易哭, without a strong reason卻沒有什麼很強的理由
It is not a kind word. People say it to show they think the person is weak, or is making a fuss to get their way. Adults use it about children, and they also throw it at other adults — Don't be such a crybaby — which can be unfair, because sometimes the tears are real.
It is not a kind word這不是一個friendly的字。 People say it to show they think the person is weak人們這樣說是想表示他們覺得對方很弱, or is making a fuss to get their way或是在無理取鬧、想要得到自己想要的。 Adults use it about children大人會用這個字說小孩, and they also throw it at other adults也會拿來罵其他大人 — Don't be such a crybaby「Don't be such a crybaby」(別這麼愛哭) — which can be unfair這樣其實不太公平, because sometimes the tears are real因為有時候那些眼淚是真的
It is playground talk and angry talk, not polite talk. You would not write it in a careful essay unless you were showing how someone was being mean.
It is playground talk and angry talk這是操場上會講的話,也是生氣時會講的話, not polite talk不是有禮貌的說法。 You would not write it in a careful essay你不會把它寫進正式的文章裡 unless you were showing how someone was being mean除非你是想表現某個人有多壞心
Though actually, the word is simply cry plus baby: a baby who cries, said as an insult. There is a verb too, to crybaby, meaning to complain in a wet, helpless way, but the noun is the one you will meet first.
Though actually不過其實, the word is simply cry plus baby這個字就只是cry加上baby: a baby who cries, said as an insult意思是「愛哭的小孩」,被拿來當罵人的話。 There is a verb too, to crybaby也有動詞用法to crybaby, meaning to complain in a wet, helpless way意思是用軟弱無助的樣子抱怨, but the noun is the one you will meet first但你會先遇到的是名詞用法
原始詞典資料4 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。
crybabynoun/ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/
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A baby who cries excessively.
- A notorious human crybaby, according to her older siblings, parents and the building superintendent, will cry for two hours every two hours, refusing to acknowledge any distinction between crying and other basic infant activities, like “being awake” or “breathing.”
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derogatoryslangSomeone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
- Then he used the occasion to humiliate the provost, calling her an example of the censorious crybabies whom he had come to relieve of their responsibility.
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derogatoryslangSomeone who takes offense or excessively complains or cries when things are not going well.
- […]Now there are a lot of crybabies around who are talking about what ought to have done and the bomb ought to have had a demonstration in Japan before you killed all those people. […] I don't care what the crybabies say now because they didn't have to make the decision.
crybabyverb/ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/
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To act like a crybaby.
- Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.
- “I have learned the hard way,” she crybabied this week, “that we have to be fearless and loud in order to be heard, and to prepare for the backlash that occasionally comes with that outspokenness.”
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。