"newborn" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 新生儿

Definition

刚出生或只有几周大的婴儿。也用作形容词描述刚出生的或新创造的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

医学上，"newborn" 涵盖生命的前28天。之后使用 "infant"。也可比喻使用："a newborn enthusiasm"（新生的热情）。

Examples

The newborn baby weighed 3.5 kilograms.

**新生儿**体重3.5公斤。

She held her newborn gently in her arms.

她轻轻地把**新生儿**抱在怀里。

Newborn babies sleep up to 17 hours a day.

**新生儿**每天睡多达17个小时。

Life with a newborn is beautiful chaos — you haven't slept in weeks but you've never felt more love.

有**新生儿**的生活是美丽的混乱——你已经好几周没睡了，但你从未感到过如此多的爱。

The hospital's newborn unit is equipped with the latest technology.

医院的**新生儿**科配备了最新的技术。

I was stumbling around like a newborn deer when I first tried ice skating.

当我第一次尝试滑冰时，我像一只**新生**的小鹿一样跌跌撞撞。