child

中文： 小孩、小孩子、孩子、小孩儿

1. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority). · Go easy on him: he is but a child.· Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
2. A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
3. One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter. · My youngest child is forty-three this year.· His adult children visit him yearly.
4. The thirteenth Lenormand card.
5. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age. (figuratively) · the children of Israel· He is a child of his times.
6. Anything derived from or caused by something. (figuratively)
7. A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another. (figuratively) · The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
8. A subordinate node of a tree.

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