今天是兒童節(jié)，很多成年人也開(kāi)始“搭車(chē)”過(guò)這個(gè)本來(lái)屬于兒童的節(jié)日了，為的是懷舊回憶童年，也為減少工作和生活的壓力。

1. in one's second childhood 返老還童

My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.

我爸給自己買(mǎi)了一個(gè)玩具火車(chē)，我媽說(shuō)他真是返老還童了。

2. sleep like a baby 睡得香

Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.

我睡得很沉，沒(méi)什么東西能把我吵醒。

3. kid's stuff 很容易的事情

Climbing that hill is kid's stuff.

爬那座山太小兒科了。

4. like a kid with a new toy/like a kid in a candy store? 很開(kāi)心

Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy.

每次比爾往廚房里添個(gè)什么新物件，他都像一個(gè)得了新玩具的孩子一般高興。

5. new kid on the block 新來(lái)者

I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month.

我是公司的新員工，才來(lái)了一個(gè)月。

6. latchkey kid 掛鑰匙兒童（指因?yàn)楦改该τ诠ぷ?，放學(xué)后獨(dú)自在家的孩子）

My dad came home at?eight in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.

小的時(shí)候我是個(gè)“掛鑰匙”兒童，我爸晚上八點(diǎn)才回家，我媽七點(diǎn)回家。

7. a whizz-kid 有為青年

They've taken on some financial whizz-kid who's going to sort all their problems out.

他們請(qǐng)了些金融天才來(lái)幫他們解決問(wèn)題。

8. a love child 私生子

He allegedly has a love child in Australia from an affair with a much younger woman.

他們說(shuō)他在澳大利亞和一個(gè)很年輕的女人有一個(gè)私生子。

相關(guān)閱讀

掛鑰匙兒童 Latchkey kid

模范兒童 trophy child

常見(jiàn)的“媽媽語(yǔ)錄”

兒語(yǔ)：“抱抱”怎么說(shuō)

（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 旭燕 編輯）

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