The state of being a child; the stage of life or period during which one is a child; the time from birth to puberty.
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| 释义 | the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood (33) childhoodOE The state of being a child; the stage of life or period during which one is a child; the time from birth to puberty. childheadc1330 = childhood, n. 1. Now rare. bairnheid1393 Childhood, infancy. enfauncec1400 Childhood. puerice1481 Boyhood; childhood; = puerility, n. 2a. puerility1512 As a mass noun. The condition of being a child; childhood; spec. (in traditions of thought dividing human life into a number of ages) the period… childage1548 childhood. childishness1597 = childhood, n. Obsolete. rare. leading-string1677 Strings with which children used to be guided and supported when learning to walk. to be in leading-strings: to be still a child; figurative to be… impuberty1785 The condition of not having reached the state or age of puberty. cap and feather days1822 cap of maintenance: (a) see maintenance, n.; (b) A cap borne as one of the insignia of office before the sovereign of England at the coronation… bairnhooda1835 Childhood. Scottish or affected. child-life1841 life as a child; childhood; the lives of the children of a nation or community. pupillarity1846 Childhood. Obsolete. rare. tunic-hood1859 the condition of one who wears a tunic. bread-and-butterhood1869 (a) young people collectively; (b) childhood; girlhood or boyhood. Cf. sense B. 1. preadolescence1907 The preadolescent period or stage of development. latency1910 Psychoanalysis. Repression or sublimation of sexual feelings, spec. as occurring in children between the age of five and puberty; the period… puerilism1925 The state or condition of behaving like a child; childish behaviour or childishness; spec. (a) (in an adult) a reversion to infantile behaviour… Subcategories:— minority (14) |
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