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baby artichoke n | (vegetable) (صغير) | خرشوف |
| It is difficult to find a good recipe that uses baby artichokes. |
| من الصعب أن تجد وصفة جيدة تستخدم الخرشوف. |
baby bath n | (small bathtub for baby) | بانيو للأطفال، حوض استحمام للأطفال |
| Babies must never be left alone in a baby bath. |
| يجب عدم ترك الرضّع بمفردهم أبداً في بانيو الأطفال. |
baby bath n | (bubblebath for babies) | رَغْوَة حَمّام للأطفال |
baby bird n | (very young bird) | فرخ طائر |
baby blue n | (pale blue colour) | اللون الأزرق الفاتح |
| She painted the nursery a gorgeous baby blue. |
baby blue, baby-blue adj | (pale blue in colour) | أزرق فاتح |
ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
baby blues npl | informal, figurative (blue eyes) | عينان زرقاوان |
| Sinatra was famous for his baby blues. |
the baby blues npl | informal, UK (postnatal sadness) (حالة حزن قصيرة بعد الولادة) | "بيبي بلوز"، كآبة نفاسية |
ملاحظة: تختلف عن اكتئاب ما بعد الولادة |
baby boom n | (period of increase in births) | زيادة الولادات، طفرة المواليد |
Baby Boom n | (post-World War II) | طفرة المواليد بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية |
baby boomer n | often capitalized, often plural, informal (person born 1946-1964) (شخص مولود بين 1946 و1964) | من جيل طفرة الإنجاب |
| My parents are baby boomers, both born in 1950. |
baby boy n | (male infant) | رضيع |
| | صبيّ |
baby brain, also US: mommy brain, also UK: mummy brain n | humorous, informal (pregnancy or new mother forgetfulness) | كثرة النسيان عند الأمّ |
baby brother n | (youngest male sibling) | الأخ الأصغر |
baby carriage (US), pram (UK) n | (wheeled carrier for baby) | عربة أطفال |
| Old-fashioned baby carriages are beautiful, but they're not very practical. |
| عربات الأطفال القديمة الطراز إنما هي جميلة، لكنها ليست عملية جدًّا. |
baby carrier n | (wearable device) (قطعة يلبسها المرء لحمل طفل فيها) | حمّالة أطفال |
baby clothes npl | (garments for infants) | ملابس الرضَّع |
| He will soon grow out of his baby clothes. |
baby corn n | (miniature ears of maize) | عرانيس ذرة صغيرة |
baby doll, baby-doll n | (doll resembling a baby) | دمية بشكل طفل |
baby face n | (child-like facial features) | وجه طفولي |
| She has such a baby face, you'd never guess she was in her thirties. |
baby face, baby-face n | informal ([sb] with a child-like face) | وجه طفولي |
| Without that beard, you can clearly see that he's a baby face. |
baby food | (mashed food) | طعام أطفال، طعام مهروس |
baby girl n | (female infant) | رضيعة، طفلة |
| After seven grandsons, she was happy to have a baby girl in the family. |
baby grand n | informal, abbreviation (baby grand piano) | بيانو صغير |
| She played waltzes on the baby grand in the parlor. |
baby grand piano n | (small three-legged piano) | بيانو صغير |
| There was a baby grand piano in the living room. |
baby monitor n | (baby safety device) | جهاز مراقبة الطفل |
baby of the family n | (youngest child) | آخر العنقود |
baby powder n | (talc for babies) | بودرة أطفال |
| Baby powder is a good remedy for diaper rash. |
| بودرة الأطفال علاج جيّد للطفح الجلديّ الذي تسببه الحفاظات. |
baby shower n | US (gift-giving party for unborn baby) | حفلة توزيع هدايا لحامل |
| Jana had to leave the baby shower early to go to the hospital. |
baby sister n | (youngest female sibling) | الأخت الصغرى |
| I was ten when my baby sister was born. |
| كنت في العاشرة عندما وُلدت أختي الصغرى. |
baby step n | figurative (small step) | خطوة صغيرة |
baby talk n | (infantile speech) | لغة أطفال |
| Linguists study baby talk to discover how we acquire language. |
baby talk n | (adult imitation) | محاكاة لغة الأطفال |
| We never used baby talk when talking to our children. |
baby tooth, plural: baby teeth n | (milk tooth) | سن اللبن، سن الحليب |
| My husband is 58, but he still has one baby tooth where a permanent tooth never grew. |
| Children start to lose their baby teeth at about age six. |
baby weight n | (extra weight after pregnancy) | الوزن الزائد بعد الحمل |
baby wipe n | often plural (moist tissue for cleaning a baby) (للأطفال) | منديل مبلَّل |
baby-faced adj | (child-like, cute face) | ذو وجه طفوليّ |
baby's-breath, baby's breath, babies'-breath n | colloquial (flowering plant: Gypsophila) (نبتة مزهرة) | رُقَيِّقة، جصّيَّة |
babydoll, baby-doll n | informal (term of endearment for a woman) | جميلة، حلوة |
babyproof, baby-proof, baby proof adj | (safe for babies) | آمن للأطفال |
babyproof [sth], baby-proof⇒ vtr | (make safe for babies) | يجعل شيئًا آمنًا للأطفال |
babysit, baby-sit vi | (watch over [sb] else's child) | يجالس طفلاً |
| When I was a teenager, I used to babysit to make some money. |
| Paul and I are going out to dinner tonight, so we've asked the children's auntie to babysit. |
babysit [sb], baby-sit⇒ vtr | (watch over: [sb] else's child) | يجالس شخصًا |
| I asked my mother to babysit Tom for me so that I could work an extra shift. |
babysitter, baby-sitter n | (childminder) (وظيفة: مجالسة الأطفال) | حاضنة أطفال، مربية أطفال، جليسة أطفال |
| Our usual babysitter isn't available tomorrow night, unfortunately. |
| للأسف، جليسة الأطفال الخاصّة بنا غير متوفّرة مساء الغد. |
boomer n | often capitalized, informal, abbreviation (baby boomer) (ما بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية) | من مواليد فترة طفرة الإنجاب |
ملاحظة: Now commonly used in a pejorative sense. |
| Boomers tend to use a lot of ellipses in their text messages. |
bouncing baby boy n | informal, figurative (healthy newborn male) | مولود سليم |
| | صبيّ سليم |
| Congratulations! You've just given birth to a bouncing baby boy. |
bouncing baby girl n | informal, figurative (healthy newborn female) | مولودة بصحة جيدة |
buggy, baby buggy, pushchair n | UK (child's pushchair) | عربة أطفال |
| Sarah and Ian took their newborn out for a stroll in a buggy. |
bump, baby bump n | informal (pregnant abdomen) (للمرأة الحامل) | بطن |
| The pregnant woman stroked her bump affectionately. |
bush baby n | (African mammal) (من الثدييات الإفريقية) | غلاغو، طفل الأدغال |
crybaby, cry-baby n | informal ([sb] who weeps easily) | سريع البكاء |
| Jackie can't go one day without sobbing; she's such a crybaby! |
crybaby, cry-baby vi | US, informal (weep easily, feel self-pity) | يكثر التذمّر |
| | يشفق على نفسه |
| Stop crybabying and tidy your room. |
deliver a baby v expr | (assist a woman to give birth) (يساعد امرأة في الولادة) | يُولِد طفلاً |
feeding bottle, baby bottle, baby's bottle, also US: nursing bottle n | (infant's feeding receptacle) (للأطفال) | رَضَّاعة، زجاجة إرضاع |
| Nina is breast-fed, so her baby bottle is always filled with water. |
formula milk, infant formula, baby formula n | (liquid food for babies) | حليب أطفال |
have a baby v expr | (give birth) | تضع طفلاً، تلد |
| The Apollo Hospital is the safest and best place to have a baby. |
have a baby v expr | (become parents) | ينجب |
| My good friend told me that he and his wife plan to have a baby soon. |
be left holding the bag, end up holding the bag (US), be left holding the baby (UK) v expr | figurative, informal (bear the blame) | يُحمَّل المسؤولية، يُلقى باللوم عليه |
Jelly Baby n | UK, ® (soft gelatine sweet) (بشكل طفل) | حلوى هلامية |
| We munched our way through an entire bag of Jelly Babies. |
premature baby n | (baby born early) | خديج، طفل مولود قبل أوانه |
| A premature baby born before 24 weeks is unlikely to survive. |
shaken baby syndrome n | (brain damage to an infant caused by shaking) (ضرر دماغي عند رضيع بسبب خضّه) | متلازمة هزّ الرضيع، متلازمة الرضيع المخضوض |
tar baby n | offensive!, US (sticky situation) | ورطة |
test-tube baby n | informal (person: conceived in-vitro) | طفل الأنابيب |
| Test-tube babies are common these days. |
| أطفال الأنابيب أصبحت شائعة هذه الآونة. |