grow up

柯林斯詞典

grow up (growing,grew,grown,grows)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB When someone grows up, they gradually change from being a child into being an adult. 長(zhǎng)大成人

  She grew up in Tokyo. 她在東京長(zhǎng)大。

• 2. →see also grown-up

• 3. PHRASAL VERB If you tell someone to grow up, you are telling them to stop behaving in a silly or childish way. 別犯傻; 別孩子氣[非正式]

  It's time you grew up. 是時(shí)候你該去掉孩子氣了。

• 4. PHRASAL VERB If something grows up, it starts to exist and then becomes larger or more important. 興起竝發(fā)展起來(lái)

  A variety of heavy industries grew up alongside the port. 各種重工業(yè)在港口邊上興起竝發(fā)展起來(lái)。

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