grown

grown — 形容詞

1. having reached the stage in life where your body and mind have finished developi

1.形容詞B1
釋義

成年的

已發育成熟，不再是孩童

having reached the stage in life where your body and mind have finished developing; no longer a child

例句

Wren has two grown children who both live abroad now.

Wren 有兩個成年的孩子，他們現在都住在國外。

collocation: grown children (adult offspring)

Adaeze is a grown woman and can make her own decisions.

Adaeze 是個成年女子，可以自己做決定。

同義詞
  • adult

    more formal and can also serve as a noun; preferred in legal and medical contexts

  • mature

    emphasizes emotional and mental development rather than just physical age

  • fully-grown

    stresses that physical development is complete; common for animals

  • grown-up

    informal alternative; also used as a noun ('the grown-ups')

反義詞
  • young

    opposite end of the age spectrum

  • immature

    lacking the expected emotional or mental development of an adult

  • juvenile

    technical or legal term for a young person or animal

文法句型

grown + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (attributive position). When placed after a linking verb, an adverb such as 'fully' or 'all' is needed: 'The puppies are fully grown,' not 'The puppies are grown.'

常見錯誤

❌When the dog is grown, we can adopt another one.
✅When the dog is fully grown, we can adopt another one.
💡After a linking verb, 'fully grown' is preferred; 'grown' alone sounds incomplete.
❌She is a grown up woman now.
✅She is a grown woman now.
💡'Grown' alone already means adult; adding 'up' is redundant before a noun.