| 单词 | grown-up-ness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrown-up-ness grown-up-ness n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > state of being majority1565 maturity1569 grown-up-ness1862 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 7 Rejoicing in their strength and grown-up-ness. 1925 ‘R. Crompton’ Still—William v. 85 He seemed to them to be free of all the drawbacks that usually accompany the state of grown-upness. 1944 ‘G. Orwell’ Crit. Ess. (1951) 154 The grown-upness, the lack of surprise or denunciation, the pity and irony with which the story is told, show the advantage, when one is handling a theme of this kind, of being a European. 1969 Daily Tel. 2 May 17 Most parents really want their children to grow up and become successful adults. But many find it hard to accept the onset of grown-upness soon enough. < as lemmas |
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