单词 | youngster |
释义 | youngstern. 1. A young adult, esp. a young man; (in early use sometimes) spec. a lively or vigorous young man. Also: an inexperienced person; a novice.Also used of an older person who is young in comparison to others in the same context. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1577 T. Kendall tr. Bp. J. Parkhurst in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 95 Of an old trot Persephone, and Pyllio a yongster [L. De Persephone anu & Pyllione iuuene]. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. B2 Menaphon.., a man..loued of the Nymphes, as the paragon of all their countrey youngsters. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M4 I am halfe in a iealozie hee is some fantasticall amorous yonckster, who to dishonor me hath hyr'd you to this stratagem. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 18 I cannot foresee any other Remedy, but that most of those University Youngsters must fall to the Parish. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Youngster, an airy, brisk young Man; a raw or unexperienced Youth, a Novice. 1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors I. 116 This..is adapted to youngsters rather than the higher classes of readers. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 18 John Wilson has no rival,..for the Robert Ellis, whom certain youngsters would fain exalt to a co-partnery of fame, is simply nobody. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Youngster, a novitiate in any thing. 1866 A. Oxenden Our Church ii. 15 If, for instance, we wanted a Counsellor, we should not consult a mere youngster. 1907 Dial 1 Apr. 211/1 There were still poets left us—youngsters by comparison, although fast approaching the venerable term. 1943 A. Rand Fountainhead iv. ii. 565 They're practically our whole actual working staff, those youngsters of yours. 1980 R. Mayer 1937 Newark Bears vii. 85 The Puerto Rican youngster..allowed only three hits in five innings. 2007 Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 34/3 Ted and Bernie are youngsters compared to some iron-pumpers. One section of the programme featured an over-70s competition in California. 2. colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew (typically a boy or young man; cf. younker n. 2b, young man n. 2c); (also) a junior officer in the army or navy. Later also in the U.S. Navy: a midshipman (midshipman n. 1) in the second year of training to become an ensign. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > young or inexperienced officer youngster1608 wart1894 poodle-faker1900 war baby1901 ninety-day wonder1917 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > junior officer youngster1608 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > young or inexperienced sailor younker1592 youngster1608 young man1612 pedee?a1800 sailor-boy1835 sailor-lad1842 sea-pup1897 1608 Relation Trav. W. Bush B 4 b At length a nimble yonckster gets him to the very top of the foremast. 1778 H. Brooke Female Officer i. vii, in Coll. Pieces IV. 271 The truth is, that, till a red-coated youngster is once blooded, he is shun'd and look'd down upon as the greatest puppy in the pack. 1797 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading II. 347 The said J. at the special instance and request of the said Henry, had agreed to serve in the Henry's employ in Newfoundland aforesaid as a youngster. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Youngsters, a familiar term to signify the junior officers of a troop or company. The word youngster is like-used in the navy. 1850 J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy v. v The shrill, squeaking voices of ‘youngsters’ in the tops. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 May 290/2 Nowhere was the excitement more intense than in the midshipmen's berth, and on no one had the intelligence a more surprising effect than on Bobstay, our junior youngster. 1911 H. I. Hancock Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis xiii. 147 By the time a fellow reaches the first class, if he's going to graduate anyway, he doesn't have to study as hard as a youngster does. 1925 B. Davis Goat without Horns i. 5 ‘What are the J. O's?’ ‘Junior Officers—youngsters' mess, and I'm particularly anxious to see whether a certain lady is dining with them or with the Captain.’ 1971 E. R. Seary Place Names vi. 112 Riverhead was a centre of settlement in St. John's by men from Waterford, who had been brought from Ireland by West Country merchants as ‘youngsters’ to work in the seasonal fishery. 2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 18 May a1 Members of the Naval Academy's Class of 2009 earned the right this morning to be called ‘youngsters’, or second-year midshipmen. 3. A child, esp. a boy. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- 1633 E. May Epigrams Divine & Morall sig. E3v I saw a little yongster weare a sword, The other day, and strut it like a lord. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 35 Appetite, which is elder Brother to Reason..is sure to draw all to his own side. And Will is but at best, a Foot-Ball or Top between those Youngsters, who prove very unfortunately match'd. 1788 W. Cowper Pity Poor Afr. 21 A youngster at school, more sedate than the rest. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 42 ‘Now for the cake,’ said Mas'r George..; and, with that, the youngster flourished a large knife over the article in question. 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxviii. 3 The wife is busy all over the house, but the youngsters are busiest at meal-times. 1916 C. A. Stickney Creevey Daughter of Puritans xlviii. 250 A substitute teacher has no real authority, and youngsters understand that perfectly. 1942 Short Guide Great Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 20 There are..youngsters in knee pants..who have lived through more high explosives..than many soldiers saw..in the last war. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Aug. d6/1 The small patch of concrete in the South Bronx features sliding boards and swing sets, along with a large fountain where neighborhood youngsters frolic happily through the spray. 4. A young animal, esp. a young horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal younglinga1300 fawn1481 little one1509 rascal1530 littling1721 youngster1776 younglet1850 younker1868 subadult1885 joey1887 trot1895 toto1914 tyke1979 1776 B. Simonds Treat. Field Diversions 78 I have known some high metled Youngsters, at the Entrance of an Inclosure, hurried into a Pond or Pit; and remember, such an one of my own, once made a Descent of about twelve Feet. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah 341 A youngster of a crocodile who had come out of the water. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 598 All the chickens hatched prior to the 22nd of May, dwindled away one by one, and scarcely left a single youngster from many clutches. 1872 Baily's Monthly Mag. Nov. 193 The rest of the youngsters [sc. young racehorses]..had gone away for change of air to Newmarket. 1941 Boys' Life Aug. 42/2 All her maternal affection was centered upon little Trigger, a liquid-eyed, long-eared, wavy-tailed youngster. 1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 69/1 (advt.) Anglo Arabs quality youngster for sale. Also brood mare. 1997 Racing Pigeon Internat. Sept. 27/2 These were replaced in November 1996 by a 32 foot x 6 foot loft which has four sections built on a brick base with a ply back with shiplap front and sides and open door trapping and dropboards with bobs for youngsters. Compounds Appositive. Π 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. sig. K They called straight vnto him their yongster captain. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. C3v A youngster gent, With bever cockt. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. xii. 256 At one time, walking with my youngster-friend on a narrow bank, just as I had prepared myself to speak, my foot slipped, and I sprained my ancle. 1906 Camera Mar. 104/2 Has it ever occurred to you how much pleasure you might afford some youngster friend of yours by presenting him or her with a Brownie Camera. 1995 Loaded July 49/3 We are finally admitted..and head downstairs to a lavish ballroom full of aged pornsters and their youngster molls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1577 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。