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| as a child adv | (during childhood) | 어린 시절에 |
| | As a child, Fiona was scared of dogs but she later went on to become a vet. |
| bear a child v expr | (give birth to a baby) | 아이를 낳다 |
| | Helen bore a child at the age of 43. |
| child abuse n | (violence towards a child) | 아동 학대 |
| | Social workers and teachers have to look out for evidence of child abuse. |
| child abuse n | (neglect of a child) | 아동 학대 |
| | Failing to provide for a child's basic needs is a form of child abuse. |
| child abuse n | (sexual molestation of a child) | 아동 학대 |
| | A 36-year-old man has been charged with child abuse and making indecent images of children. |
child labor (US),
child labour (UK) n | (children: forced working) | 아동 노동, 어린이 노동 |
| | Child labor is still prevalent in some Third World countries. |
| child prodigy n | (gifted young person) | 신동, 천재아 |
| | Mozart was a child prodigy who started composing music before the age of five. |
| child rearing n | (parenting, raising of offspring) | 육아 |
| | | 양육 |
| | Child rearing doesn't end when the children become adults, it just changes form. |
| child support n | (money paid by absent parent) | 양육비 |
| | My ex-husband has to pay child support every month. |
| child's play n | figurative ([sth] very easy) (비유) | 식은 죽 먹기 명 |
| | I finished the crossword puzzle very quickly; it was child's play. |
childcare,
child care n | (professional care of children) | 보육, 육아, 보살핌 명 |
| | Working parents need good childcare for their kids. |
childfree,
also UK: child-free adj | (having no children by choice) | 자식을 갖지 않는, 자녀를 갖지 않는 |
childfree by choice,
childless by choice,
also UK: child-free by choice expr | (voluntarily having no children) | 자식을 갖지 않기로 한, 자녀를 갖지 않기로 한 |
| | Glen and his wife are childless by choice, although they have three dogs. |
| foster child n | (child placed with a family) | 위탁 가정 아동 |
| | She became a foster child when both of her parents went to jail. |
| gifted child n | (young person: talented, clever) | 재능있는 아이 |
| | Mozart was a gifted child, composing from the age of five. |
grooming,
child grooming n | (preying sexually on a child) | 번역할 수 없음 |
| | The paedophile was arrested for child grooming. |
| it's child's play expr | (it's extremely easy) (비유) | 누워서 떡 먹기다 감 |
| | It's so easy to do -- it's child's play, really. |
| mere child n | (very young person) | 어린 아이 |
| | A mere child can't be expected to understand the stock market. |
| middle child n | ([sb] with older and younger siblings) | 중간 아이 |
| | Roy was the middle child; he had an older brother and a younger sister. |
| model child n | (child: well behaved) | 모범생 |
| | I was a model child. I got good grades and never gave my parents any trouble. |
| only child n | ([sb] without siblings) | 외동아들, 외동딸 |
| | My mother's an only child, but my father has five siblings. |
spoiled child,
also UK: spoilt child n | (child: unpleasant, greedy) | 버릇없는 아이 |
| | If you always give in to him, he'll become a spoiled child. |
stepchild,
step-child n | (child of your spouse) | 의붓자식 명 |
| | Marcia never had children of her own, but she has a stepchild with her husband. |
