infant
n
1 child during the first few years of life 婴儿; 幼儿
infants, older children and adults 幼儿、 大孩子和成人
[attrib 作定语]
our infant `son 我们的幼小的儿子
infant `voices 童声 * infant mor`tality rate, ie percentage of children that die in the first few years of life 幼儿死亡率
an `infant teacher, ie one who teaches infants 幼儿教师
(fig 比喻) In its first general election, the infant (ie newly-formed) Social Democratic Party won few seats. 新成立的社会民主党初次参加大选所得席位无几.
2 (Brit law 律) person under the age of 18; minor 未成年人(18岁以下者).
Struggling in a world of silence and darkness, I must have appeared to them to be simple.
在寂静无声、漆黑一片世界里挣扎,在他们看来,我一定是头脑简单了。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.