| 单词 | callow |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kæləu] |
| 解释 | a.(鸟)未生羽毛的；(人)未成熟的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. (鸟)未生羽毛的(unfl edged)；(人)未成熟的(immatu re) 【考】 frank : secretiveness / callow : maturity(坦率不坦率/不成熟 对成熟)反义词：behaving with adult sophistication(成熟 老练地做事) 【记】 callow来自中古英文c all，意为bald(秃的) |
| 字源 | callow (adj.) Old English calu "bare, bald," from Proto-Germanic *kalwa- (cognates: Middle Dutch calu, Dutch kaal, Old High German kalo, German Kahl), from PIE root *gal- (1) "bald, naked" (cognates: Russian golyi "smooth, bald"). From young birds with no feathers, meaning extended to any young inexperienced thing or creature (1570s). Apparently not related to Latin calvus "bald." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 鸟未生羽毛的 = unfledged; 人不成熟的, 无经验的 = immature 【例】I am only a callow youth 我只是个无经验的年轻人. 【记】call说, low低－说话声音低－没力气－不成熟 【类】frank: secretiveness = callow: maturity坦率的对不坦率 = 不成熟的对成熟apoplectic: calm = callow: mature狂怒的不是平静的 = 幼稚的不是成熟的 【反】behaving with adult sophistication(做事成熟老练的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】call + low 叫声低的；未成熟的(小鸟,小孩)叫声都低； |
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