“child's play”不是“儿戏”，“kid”和“child”你能分清吗

child's play

有人直接以为是“儿戏”，看起来好像有那么一点意思，其实不然，child's play真正的意思是“轻而易举的事”，说的通俗一点可以是“小儿科”

Driving a car is not child's play. 

开车并非是一件轻而易举的事。

big with child

带着孩子的大大的东西是什么呢？其实就是孕妇的肚子啦，big with child的意思就是“怀孕的”，“（孕妇）肚子大的”

A few moons later, she became big with child, although unmarried, which caused much gossip.

过了几个月，她虽然没有结婚，肚子却大了，所以背后引起了很多议论。

Act your age!

(use this when an adult is being immature, acting like a child)

（尤其用在当一个成熟的成年人表现的像一个小孩一样时）意思就是叫你表现的稳重点，别像个小孩一样吊儿郎当的

If you can't act your age, you shouldn't be here at all.

如果你们不能表现得像成人，你们就不应该在这里。

whiz /hwɪz/ kid

优等生；神童

whiz

n. 能手; 专家; 飕飕声; 有吸引力的东西

v. 发出飕飕声; <口>高速移动

That whiz kid knows more than some university professors.  

那个神童比一些大学教授懂的还多。

在这里小编再给大家辨析一下kid和child

'Kid'is slang for a young child.

Kid是对小孩子的称呼的俚语

'Child' has a few different meanings:

1. Legally, a child is a minor, someone who is under 18.

从法律上讲，child是指未满18岁的未成年人。

2. Biologically, a child is a young human, before puberty (which usually hits between 10 and 16 years old).

从生物学上讲，child是青春期前的年轻人(青春期通常在10岁到16岁之间)。

3. Socially, a child is any son or daughter of any age. Even a grandparent is someone's child!

在社交方面，child是指儿子或女儿，不论他/她多大。甚至祖父母也是某人的child。

So while some people separate humans into children and adults, I like to remember that we all used to be children, and we all are still children to our parents. And it's always fun to act like a kid.

因此，尽管有些人把人类分为儿童和成人。但我想让大家记着，我们都曾是孩子，对我们的父母来说，我们仍然是孩子。表现得像个孩子总是很有趣的。

Because 'kid' is informal, you usually don't want to use it for any academic or professional writing.

因为kid是非正式的，你通常不会在任何学术或专业领域内使用kid。

The word 'kid' is also used to refer to a baby goat.