child

A1 · Beginner Countable noun

n. someone's son or daughter, no matter how old they are.

n. a direct descendant of any age; the immediate offspring of a parent.

日本語:子※

“She is their only child, so they spend a lot of time together.”

“Even as an adult with her own family, she remained the favorite child in her father's eyes.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a part of a structure that comes from a main part above it.

n. a node in a data tree that is descended from another node, referred to as the parent.

“In this folder structure, each subfolder is a child of the main directory.”

“The algorithm recursively visits each child node to ensure the entire tree structure is indexed correctly.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Literary

n. a person who is influenced by the time or place they grew up in.

n. a person or thing regarded as the product or result of a specific influence, era, or environment.

“He was a child of the sixties, always talking about peace and music.”

“The novel's protagonist is a true child of the industrial revolution, embodying the era's restless ambition and mechanical fascination.”