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precocious adj.早熟的 (1) 孩子过于老成。(2) 他的儿子是一个三岁就能弹奏钢琴的早慧儿童。 When you look at the Latin roots of precocious, it all makes sense. When pre (meaning "before") joins coquere (meaning "to ripen"), you have something that is ripening prematurely. And in the case of precocious, you are usually describing young people who have some adult-like quality about them. Maybe it's their vast vocabulary, maybe it's their ease with Calculus, or maybe it's just applying lipstick.

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英 [prɪ'kəʊʃəs] 美 [prɪ'koʊʃəs] (1) That child is far too precocious.(2) His son is a precocious child who could play the piano at the age of three. That high school hoops phenom who plays like an NBA pro? The sixth grader who's already asking questions about organic chemistry? They're both precocious — meaning they're way beyond their years in skill or knowledge. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]早熟的；智慧超前的 A precocious child is very clever, mature, or good at something, often in a way that you usually only expect to find in an adult.   [usu ADJ n]Margaret was always a precocious child...玛格丽特一直是个早熟的孩子。She burst on to the world tennis scene as a precocious 14-year old...她14岁时就作为一名网球神童闯入了世界网坛。Despite her precocious talent for music and art, she failed both subjects at school.尽管她小的时候在音乐和艺术方面有不凡的天赋，上学的时候这两门功课却都不及格。precociouslyHe was a precociously bright school boy.他是个智力超前的小学生。

英语单词	precocious
英美音标	英 [prɪ'kəʊʃəs] 美 [prɪ'koʊʃəs]
中文释义	adj.早熟的
英语例句	(1) That child is far too precocious. (2) His son is a precocious child who could play the piano at the age of three.
中文例句	(1) 孩子过于老成。 (2) 他的儿子是一个三岁就能弹奏钢琴的早慧儿童。
vocabulary简明	That high school hoops phenom who plays like an NBA pro? The sixth grader who's already asking questions about organic chemistry? They're both precocious — meaning they're way beyond their years in skill or knowledge.
vocabulary扩展	When you look at the Latin roots of precocious, it all makes sense. When pre (meaning "before") joins coquere (meaning "to ripen"), you have something that is ripening prematurely. And in the case of precocious, you are usually describing young people who have some adult-like quality about them. Maybe it's their vast vocabulary, maybe it's their ease with Calculus, or maybe it's just applying lipstick.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]早熟的；智慧超前的 A precocious child is very clever, mature, or good at something, often in a way that you usually only expect to find in an adult. [usu ADJ n] Margaret was always a precocious child... 玛格丽特一直是个早熟的孩子。 She burst on to the world tennis scene as a precocious 14-year old... 她14岁时就作为一名网球神童闯入了世界网坛。 Despite her precocious talent for music and art, she failed both subjects at school. 尽管她小的时候在音乐和艺术方面有不凡的天赋，上学的时候这两门功课却都不及格。 precociously He was a precociously bright school boy. 他是个智力超前的小学生。

Precocious Child School Meaning 英 Prɪ'Kəʊʃəs] 美 Prɪ'Koʊʃəs Adj.早熟的