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Childhood Child Happy ˈtʃaɪldhʊd Noun I Period Life

Childhood refers to the period of a person's life when they are a child and can be used as both a countable and uncountable noun.

childhood 指一个人还是孩子的那段时期,可以被视为可数或不可数名词。

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childhood ★★★☆☆
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[N-VAR 可变名词]童年;幼年时代 A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
  [oft poss N]
  • She had a happy childhood...

    她曾有过一个幸福的童年。

  • He was remembering a story heard in childhood.

    他在回忆儿时听过的一个故事。

  • ...childhood illnesses.

    儿童疾病


Oxford child·hood / ˈtʃaɪldhʊd ; NAmE ˈtʃaɪldhʊd / noun [uncountable ,  countable ] the period of sb's life when they are a child 童年;幼年;孩童时期 childhood, adolescence and adulthood 童年、青少年及成年 in early childhood 在婴幼儿时期 childhood memories/experiences 童年的回忆╱经历 She had a happy childhood. 她有一个幸福的童年。 childhood cancer 儿童癌症 collocationsat
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IDIOM a/sb's second ˈchildhood a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again 老小孩时期;行为像小孩的晚年时期 childhood childhoods
child·hood / ˈtʃaɪldhʊd ; NAmE ˈtʃaɪldhʊd /
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childhoodchild‧hood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable, uncountable]
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the period of time when you are a child:  I had a very happy childhood.in/during/since (somebody’s) childhood Most infections occur in childhood. She had been writing poems since her childhood.childhood home/friend/experience etc (=a home etc that you had when you were a child)childhood memories (=the memories you have of your childhood)
second childhood
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say when I was a child when talking about their childhood: During my childhood we lived by the ocean.When I was a child we lived by the ocean. | She’s known him since childhood. ➔ She’s known him since she was a child.
COLLOCATIONSadjectiveshappy/unhappy· Her parents divorced and her childhood was unhappy.normal· I think my childhood was fairly normal.lonely· He had no brothers or sisters and a lonely childhood.a deprived childhood (=without enough money, food, attention etc)· Many children living in these areas have very deprived childhoods.early/late childhood· Experiences in early childhood are very important.verbshave a happy/unhappy etc childhood· I wish I'd had a happy childhood like yours.spend your childhood· This is the house where the artist spent most of his childhood.remember something from (your) childhood· He remembered the place from his childhood.childhood + NOUNchildhood memories· The smell in the air brought back happy childhood memories.a childhood friend· He married his childhood friend.somebody's childhood home· Her childhood home was in North Dakota.a childhood experience· Our childhood experiences make us who we are.a childhood illness/disease· measles and other common childhood illnesses
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childhood

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childhoods[201]
童年(96%),幼年(4%)
n.童年时期;幼年时代

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