child
gb/t͡ʃˈaɪld/ us/t͡ʃˈaɪld/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 200
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A1
entity
1
A young person under puberty
A young boy or girl who is not yet an adult.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[a/an/the] child
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'child' with 'children'. 'Child' is singular, 'children' is plural.
คำพ้องความหมาย
kid (Informal, more casual than 'child'.)
คำตรงข้าม
adult (Refers to a fully grown person; opposite in age stage.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
small child
|young child
|care for a child
|child development
|child protection
หัวข้อ
family
|daily life
|age
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The child played happily in the park.
- Every child deserves a good education.
- She read a bedtime story to her child.
- The doctor specializes in treating sick children.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The child is in the garden.
- That child is my sister's son.
- A child needs food and love.
- The child is five years old.
คำนาม
A2
entity
2
A son or daughter
Someone's son or daughter, no matter how old they are.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone's] child
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Some learners think 'child' always means young person; it can also mean an adult son or daughter.
คำพ้องความหมาย
offspring (More formal and less common in everyday speech.)
คำตรงข้าม
parent (Refers to the one who raises or gives birth, opposite role in family.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
only child
|biological child
|adopted child
|raise a child
หัวข้อ
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She has three children, all grown up now.
- They adopted a child from overseas.
- He is the only child in his family.
- Their eldest child just started university.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I am the only child in my family.
- Her child is in high school.
- They have a new child.
- My parents have two children.
คำนาม
B2
entity
3
Person shaped by a context or era
A person whose ideas or behavior are shaped by their time, place, or situation.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a child of [time/place]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think this is literal; it is metaphorical and does not mean young person.
คำพ้องความหมาย
product (Metaphorical use meaning result of conditions, not literal offspring.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
child of the 80s
|child of nature
หัวข้อ
culture
|history
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- He is truly a child of the digital age.
- As a child of the city, she loves busy streets.
- They called her a child of fortune.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She is a child of the 1990s.
- He is a child of the countryside.
- I am a child of this town.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
child
IPA
GB/t͡ʃˈaɪld/
US/t͡ʃˈaɪld/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
child (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (child)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: child
- Plural: children
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
child's play
1/t͡ʃˈaɪldz plˈeɪ/
idiom
Something very easy to do
Something that is very easy to do.
ตัวอย่าง
- Fixing the bike was child's play for him.
- For her, solving the puzzle was child's play.
like a child in a candy store
1/lˈaɪk ə t͡ʃˈaɪld ˈɪn ə kˈændi stˈɔɹ/
idiom
informal
Overly excited by many options
Very excited when there are many things to choose from.
ตัวอย่าง
- He was like a child in a candy store at the tech fair.
- When she saw all the dresses, she felt like a child in a candy store.
only child
1/ˈoʊnli t͡ʃˈaɪld/
fixed phrase
A person without siblings
Someone who has no brothers or sisters.
ตัวอย่าง
- She grew up as an only child and often played alone.
- Being an only child can be lonely for some people.
with child
1/wˈɪθ t͡ʃˈaɪld/
fixed phrase
formal
Pregnant with a baby
To be pregnant and expecting a baby.
ตัวอย่าง
- She announced that she was with child.
- In the story, the queen was with child when the war began.