单词 | pre-adult |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-adult pre-adult adj. Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈadʌlt/ , /ˌpriːəˈdʌlt/ , U.S. /ˌpriəˈdəlt/ , /ˌpriˈæˌdəlt/ occurring prior to the attainment of adulthood; not yet adult.ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent adolescent1481 undergrown1601 pubescent1646 halfling1801 halflang1805 teenish1811 halfling1815 teening1818 puberala1856 puberate1880 pre-adult1899 teenage1912 teenaged1913 1899 Science 21 July 80/2 The report contains an extended account of the eggs and pre-adult stages of these insects. 1902 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) IV. 527/2 The condition..becomes manifest during the growing or preadult period. 1974 Sci. Amer. Sept. 127/3 A husband, a wife and their preadult children. 2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 68/2 These two sides of Blair are both based on new ideas of the electorate as pre-adult cultural consumers. < as lemmas |
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