grow up

短语
大学

成熟, 成年, 发展, 逐渐形成

发音

AU

词形变化

grew up growing up grown up grows up 三单 grows up growing up 现在分词 grew up 过去式 grown up 过去式 grown up 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To mature and become an adult.

    长大

    不及物

    What do you want to be when you grow up?

    Attila grew up a nomad on the plains of Hungary

  2. 2.

    To start to develop; to flourish.

    不及物

    Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.

  3. 3.

    To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).

    习语 不及物

    Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?

interj.
  1. 1.

    Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age.

    You're giggling because I said "butt"? Grow up, seriously.

    Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

grow mature maturate

下位词 1

come of age

参见 1

grow

词源

Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

来源：wiktionary