ad‧ult S2 W2 AC / ædʌlt, ədʌlt / 名词 [可数名词] #

1 a fully-grown person, or one who is considered to be legally responsible for their actions → child :

Some children find it difficult to talk to adults.

2 a fully-grown animal :

The adults have white bodies and grey backs.

adult W3 AC 形容词 #

1 [仅用于名词前] fully grown or developed :
an adult lion the adult population He lived most of his adult life in Scotland. 2 typical of an adult’s behaviour or of the things adults do :
dealing with problems in an adult way That wasn’t very adult of you. 3 [仅用于名词前] adult films, magazines etc are about sex or related to sex :
The film is rated R for language and adult themes.