toddler

名词 n.
/ˈtɒdlə/    /ˈtɑdlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young child (typically between one and three years old) who has started walking but not fully mastered it.
    — I can't believe Vanessa's baby is now a toddler already!
  2. One unsteady on their feet. broadly,figuratively
    — He is sixty-five years old if he is a fortnight, while the girl has only just done with her dolls,and hos no more love for the toothless old toddler than I have for Mammy Wombat, the black gin.
  3. Any young child (typically before preadolescence) who is capable of walking. broadly,colloquial,rare
    — Toddlers & Tiaras
    A children's beauty pageant reality show (most participants were over 3 years old)

词形变化

toddlers plural

词源

From toddle (“to walk unsteadily”) + -er – literally “one who walks unsteadily”, hence a young child.
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