| 单词 | adolescent |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [.ædəu'lesnt] |
| 解释 | a.青春期的；n.青少年 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.青春期的( typical of adolescence);n.青少年(young person between childhood and adulthood) |
| 字源 | adolescent (n.) mid-15c., "youth, young man," from Middle French adolescent (15c.) or directly from Latin adolescentem (nominative adolescens) "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + alescere "be nourished," hence, "increase, grow up," inchoative of alere "to nourish" (see old). Adolesce was a back-formed verb used early 20c. by H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw, Louis MacNeice, but it seems not to have taken. adolescent (adj.) 1785, from Latin adolescentem (nominative adolescens) "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen" (see adolescent (n.)). |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 青春期的; n 青少年(已经历青春期但未完全成熟的人) 【记】adult成熟的, escent开始...的－开始成熟的－青春期的a, do, lescent = lesson: 还在上课的年龄－青春期的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】形似adult，但还不是；a 不 + dole 难过，不忧郁，青春是高兴的，无悔青春；idol 偶像崇拜的，青少年爱崇拜 【相关】Adonis 阿多尼斯 美少年， adolescent 青春期，condole 慰问, dole 悲哀，发救济，doleful 悲哀的，indolent 懒惰的, 不痛的，redolent 芬芳的 |
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