Its British pronunciation is ['? d？ lt]； The American pronunciation is ['? d？ Lt]. Used as a noun to indicate an adult; Adult animals. As an adjective, it means adult; Rationality; Suitable for adults; Mature.

Related examples:

Children who are not accompanied by adults are not allowed to enter.

Children are not allowed in without an adult.

This bear is fully grown.

That bear is fully developed.

Extended data:

Word parsing:

1, usage:

(adjective)

1) When used as an adjective, adult basically means "mature", which means that a person's body is mature, and it can also mean that he is mature intellectually and emotionally. Used in things, it means reaching a mature stage in the process of development.

2) Being an adult can also be interpreted as "suitable for adults", which means that you have passed puberty or reached legal age.

3) Adults are not used to compare grades when they are used as "adult" or "adult" solutions, but they can be used to compare grades when they are used as "aging" solutions.

2. Discrimination of word meaning:

Adult, mature, mature

These adjectives all mean "mature".

1) adulthood generally refers to the end of physical childhood and reaching legal age.

2)grown-up is mostly used in spoken language, and its meaning is basically the same as that of adults, but it pays more attention to leaving childhood and becoming an adult, which is contrary to the meaning of childhood.

3) maturity, when used in biology, refers to complete growth. Used in people, it refers to reaching the golden age of life, but the boundary between teenagers and adults is not obvious.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Adult