Kids vs children
Kids和Children的区别
• While kid was used to refer to the offspring of goat till the 16th century, it has now become acceptable for the offspring of human.
16世纪之前,kid一直被用来指代山羊的后代,但现在人们已接受用它指代人类的后代了。
• Children is a word that is a plural of child and a formal way to refer to human beings that are not adults.
Children是child的复数,是指未成年人的正式方式。
• Kid can be derogatory at times, but children is always formal and polite.
Kid有时可能会让人觉得有点被贬低了,而children则是很正式和礼貌的称呼。
• Kid is used more with children that we know personally like our own or the children of our friend.
Kid更多地用于我们自己认识的孩子,比如我们自己的孩子或者我们朋友的孩子。