英语词汇“puerility”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

puerilepuer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjective formal

WORD ORIGINpuerile

Origin:

1500-1600 French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy, child’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less.
I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre.
It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel.
What a puerile thing to say!

silly and stupid SYN childish:

a puerile joke—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

单词	puerility
释义	puerilepuer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINpuerile Origin: 1500-1600 French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy, child’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES puerile jokes EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less. I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre. It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel. What a puerile thing to say! silly and stupid SYN childish: a puerile joke—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
随便看	essay essayist essence essential trash talking trashy trauma traumatic traumatically traumatize traumatized travail travel travel agency travel agent travelator travel bureau Travelcard traveller traveller's cheque travelling travelling salesman travelogue travel-sick travel sickness