Adolescent
[ædə'les(ə)nt] or [,ædə'lɛsnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
(adj.) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; 'adolescent boys and girls' .
(adj.) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; 'adolescent insecurity'; 'jejune responses to our problems'; 'their behavior was juvenile'; 'puerile jokes' .
(adj.) being of the age 13 through 19; 'teenage mothers'; 'the teen years' .
(adj.) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; 'adolescent problems' .
杰弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.
(n.) A youth.
伊莱扎錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Youthful, juvenile, young.
校對:惠特尼
解釋/意思:
adj. growing to manhood.—n. Adoles′cence the period of youth in man from 14 to 25; in woman from 12 to 21.
校對:维托
例句/造句/用法:
- It was a very ordinary adolescent production, rhetorical and imitative. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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