释义 |
youthfulness|ˈjuːθfʊlnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The fact or quality of being youthful; youthful condition or character.
1587Golding De Mornay viii. 117 Should we rather graunt an euerlasting ignorance in man, than a kynd of youthfulnesse which hath learned things according to the growths thereof in ages? 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. ii. 139 He might either doe it out of youthfulnesse..or out of want. 1717Addison tr. Ovid's Met. iii. Wks. 1726 I. 213 With all the purple youthfulness of face, That gently blushes in the wat'ry glass. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop i, Her very small and delicate frame imparted a peculiar youthfulness to her appearance. 1898‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xii. 124 A complexion almost dazzling in its youthfulness and brilliancy. |