infant

• n. 婴儿；幼儿；未成年人
• adj. 婴儿的；幼稚的；初期的；未成年的
• n. (Infant)人名；(英)因方特

in-,不，非，-fan,说话，词源同phone,fame.即不能说话的，引申词义婴儿。

1. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk;

"isn't she too young to have a baby?"

infant

infant: [14] Etymologically, an infant is ‘someone who cannot yet speak’. The word comes via Old French enfant from Latin infāns ‘young child’, a noun use of the adjective infāns, originally ‘unable to speak’, which was formed from the negative prefix in- and the present participle of fārī ‘speak’ (source of English fable, fame, fate, etc).

The somewhat improbable derivative infantry [16] comes via French from Italian infanteria; this was based on infante, whose original meaning ‘young person’ had shifted to ‘foot soldier’ (a development distantly reminiscent of the use of British English lads for ‘male members of a group, team, etc’).
=> fable, fame, fate

infant (n.)

late 14c., "child during earliest period of life" (sometimes extended to age 7 and sometimes including a fetus), from Latin infantem (nominative infans) "young child, babe in arms," noun use of adjective meaning "not able to speak," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + fans, present participle of fari "to speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). As an adjective, 1580s, from the noun.

baby, child, infant, youngster

这些名词均有"孩子"之意。

baby： 日常用词，一般指从刚出生的婴儿到满两岁的或非常小的孩子，常含钟爱意味。

child： 普通用词，含义广，无感情色彩。泛指从胎儿、婴儿到10岁左右的儿童。

infant： 书面用词，狭义指出生后到两岁的小孩，广义指7岁以下的孩子；法律上则指未到法定年龄。

youngster： 泛指任何年龄的儿童或者少年，多指男孩，多为年长者的使用。

Mothers have been warned for years that sleeping with their newborn infant is a bad idea, because it increases the risk that the baby might die unexpectedly during the night.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

In fact, it's one of the most famous pieces of research about infant emotion ever published.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

right now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies, but sleep in the same room.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

Many of the ship were lost in storms, many passengers died of disease, and infants rarely survived the journey.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a "third stepping stone" between infant wear and older kids' clothes.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

We know that a typical infant will instinctively gaze into its mother's eyes, and she will look back.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

a nursery for infants under two

两岁以下婴幼儿的托儿所

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their infant son

他们幼小的儿子

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She was seriously ill as an infant.

她年幼时曾患重病。

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the infant mortality rate

婴幼儿死亡率

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Mozart was an infant prodigy (= a child with unusual ability) .

莫扎特是个神童。

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an infant school

幼儿学校

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infant teachers

幼儿教师

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I've known her since we were in the infants (= at infant school) .

从幼儿学校时我就认识她了。

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infant formula (= milk for babies)

婴儿配方奶粉

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infant industries

新兴工业

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...young mums with infants in prams...

用婴儿车推着宝宝的年轻妈妈

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The family were forced to flee with their infant son.

那家人被迫带着他们尚在襁褓中的儿子逃走了。

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...an infant carrier in the back of a car.

汽车后部的婴儿座椅

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The infant company was based in Germany.

这家新公司总部在德国。

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...the infant health service.

处于初期阶段的公共医疗卫生服务

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The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant.

她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

San Lu infant formula contaminated by melamine, a stone Melaleuca up waves.

三鹿婴幼儿配方奶粉被三聚氰胺污染的事件, 一石激起千层浪.

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The operation on the new born infant was a failure.

新生儿的手术失败了.

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It has been linked to four infant deaths and illnesses in 6,200 others.

目前事件已导致4名婴幼儿死亡,6200人感染疾病.

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Fig . 2 . Loss of cortical grayterm infant with hypoxic ischemic brain injury due to sepsis.

图2因败血症导致的缺血缺氧患儿颅脑超声图像,显示灰白质之间的分界消失.

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I must give you my personal assurances that this infant is receiving perfect care.

我必须向你作出担保,这儿婴儿正在接受妥善的照顾.

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And frankly, we novices were a little nervous about taking on an infant.

说实话, 我们没有生过孩子,喂养婴儿心里更没谱.

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The infant flower opens its bud and cries, " Dear world, please ko not fade. "

小花绽放她的蓓蕾,喊着: “ 亲爱的世界呀, 请不要凋谢. ”

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The infant boy dropped a weed from his tiny hands and burst into frenzied weeping.

小不点的小手里落下一棵野草,孩子突然号陶大哭起来.

名作英译部分

Infant mortality headed into a steep dive.

婴儿死亡率开始急剧下降.

辞典例句

The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.

这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿.

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The infant was exposed by the teenage mother.

这名婴儿是被少年妈妈遗弃的.

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