a)ADULTto develop from being a child to being an adult 长大成人
What do you want to be when you grow up?
你长大以后想做什么?
I grew up in Chicago.
我在芝加哥长大。
b)grow up! spoken used to tell someone to behave in a more responsible way, like an adult 要像个大人样!
c)GROUP OF PEOPLEto start to exist or develop gradually 形成,兴起,发展
Trading settlements grew up by the river.
河的两岸形成了一些贸易定居点。
Examples from the Corpus
grow up• This is the neighborhood where my fathergrew up.• We plan to go and live in Florida when the children have all grown up.• What do you want to be when you grow up?• Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales.• I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania.