infant
要点乳児
意味
- (1歳未満の)乳児,乳飲み子
- 《英》(普通7歳未満の)学童
- 未成年者
- 幼児の,幼児用の
- 始めたばかりの,初期の
例文
I'm instinctively bad with children and infants.
子供や赤ちゃんは生理的に苦手なの。
The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.
その幼児は放射線にさらされていた。
The young woman was carrying an infant in her arms.
その若い女は腕に幼児を抱いていた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.