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Adult 971.Adult 英 ædʌlt ə'Dʌlt]美 释义 Adj 成年的;成熟的n

正面 971.adult
英 ['ædʌlt; ə'dʌlt]美 ['ædʌlt]

背面
释义:
adj. 成年的;成熟的n. 成年人
例句:
1. I tried to understand the adult world and could not.我试着去了解成人世界,却无法猜透。

【谐音】儿大了的——儿子变成成年人了
adult 成年人前缀ad-, 去,往。词根ol, 成长. -t,过去分词后缀。
adult (adj.)1530s (but not common until mid-17c.), from Latin adultus "grown up, mature, adult, ripe," past participle of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word.adult (n.)"adult person," 1650s, from adult (adj.)."

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