| 释义 |
cubhood|ˈkʌbhʊd|
[f. cub n.1 + -hood.]
The state or condition of a cub or young animal. Also transf. and fig.
1842Mrs. Gore in Tait's Mag. IX. 569 An appetite that rarely extends beyond the first fortnight of escape from cubhood to ensignhood. 1860Wynter Curios. Civiliz. 95 They [a mastiff and two lions] were brought up together from cubhood. 1870Huxley Lay Serm. xi. (1874) 243 The shaping of the earth from the nebulous cubhood of its youth..to its present form. |