Precocious
[prɪ'kəʊʃəs] or [prɪ'koʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) appearing or developing early; 'precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias' .
(adj.) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); 'a precocious child'; 'a precocious achievement' .
校對:马蒂--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
(a.) Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
丹尼校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Premature (especially in mental development), too forward.
校對:威拉德
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Premature, predeveloped, overforward
ANT:Tardy, backward, slow-growing, crude
手打:奥利
解釋/意思:
adj. having the mind developed very early or too early: premature: forward: (bot.) appearing before the leaves.—adv. Precō′ciously.—ns. Precō′ciousness Precoc′ity state or quality of being precocious: too early ripeness of the mind.
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例句/造句/用法:
- You precocious chick! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He was precocious to an extraordinary degree, for in 1895, when only twenty-one, he had produced a wireless transmitting apparatus that he patented in Italy. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- She spoke as though she were talking to a precocious child. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I was a precocious actress in her eyes; she sincerely looked on me as a compound of virulent passions, mean spirit, and dangerous duplicity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The same little space a few feet square was soon converted by this precocious youth into a newspaper office. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Mr. Stryver laughed till he shook his precocious paunch. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Uncle Benjamin, who did not e migrate till much later, showed interest in his precocious namesake. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Cheered by this prospect, the precocious boy applied himself to his infantile treadmill, with increased vigour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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