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

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The Connection Between Callow and Baldness

You might not expect a relationship between the word callow and baldness, but callow comes from calu, a word that meant "bald" in Middle English and Old English. By the 17th century, callow had come to mean "without feathers" and was applied to young birds not yet ready for flight. The term was also used for those who hadn't yet spread their wings in a figurative sense.

Example Sentences

a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance

Recent Examples on the Web During the first half of the movie, Butler seems at times too callow as the Presley of the Fifties.

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2022 The final decade and a half of Lubitsch’s career unfolded under the cloud of the dreaded Production Code, with its prudish horror of sexuality and its callow fear of politics.

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 His callow-millennial act — and the navel-gazing vagaries of modern content culture — make fertile ground for satire, and many of the jokes here do find their soft targets.

Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 July 2022 To impress her office crush Colin (Dylan O’Brien), a callow pothead-turned-globe-trotting influencer with a grotty Pete Davidson-esque charisma, Danni concocts a phony invitation to a writers retreat in Paris.

Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 July 2022 The script, penned by playwright Clifford Odets, called for Presley to play a callow country boy loaded with literary talent.

Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022 As the newcomer to a group of salty veterans, River is designed as a callow character, and Lowden solidly conveys the sense of a frustrated man who hasn’t quite given up on getting his life back on track, but might be getting close.

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022 If Michigan basketball's season disintegrates in the next few days by cratering at Ohio State on Sunday and crashing out of next week's Big Ten tournament with another callow display, then Thursday’s loss to No.

Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2022 Lowery opted to make Gawain a callow young man who aspires to earn the right to join the Knights of the Round Table by proving his honor and bravery—confronting some hard truths about himself along his journey.

Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021 See More

单词	callow
释义	callow adjective cal·low ˈka-(ˌ)lō : lacking adult sophistication : immature callow youth callow newcomers callowness ˈka-lō-nəs -lə-nəs noun Did you know? The Connection Between Callow and Baldness You might not expect a relationship between the word callow and baldness, but callow comes from calu, a word that meant "bald" in Middle English and Old English. By the 17th century, callow had come to mean "without feathers" and was applied to young birds not yet ready for flight. The term was also used for those who hadn't yet spread their wings in a figurative sense. Synonyms adolescent green immature inexperienced juvenile puerile raw unfledged unformed unripe unripened See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance Recent Examples on the Web During the first half of the movie, Butler seems at times too callow as the Presley of the Fifties. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2022 The final decade and a half of Lubitsch’s career unfolded under the cloud of the dreaded Production Code, with its prudish horror of sexuality and its callow fear of politics. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 His callow-millennial act — and the navel-gazing vagaries of modern content culture — make fertile ground for satire, and many of the jokes here do find their soft targets. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 July 2022 To impress her office crush Colin (Dylan O’Brien), a callow pothead-turned-globe-trotting influencer with a grotty Pete Davidson-esque charisma, Danni concocts a phony invitation to a writers retreat in Paris. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 July 2022 The script, penned by playwright Clifford Odets, called for Presley to play a callow country boy loaded with literary talent. Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022 As the newcomer to a group of salty veterans, River is designed as a callow character, and Lowden solidly conveys the sense of a frustrated man who hasn’t quite given up on getting his life back on track, but might be getting close. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022 If Michigan basketball's season disintegrates in the next few days by cratering at Ohio State on Sunday and crashing out of next week's Big Ten tournament with another callow display, then Thursday’s loss to No. Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2022 Lowery opted to make Gawain a callow young man who aspires to earn the right to join the Knights of the Round Table by proving his honor and bravery—confronting some hard truths about himself along his journey. Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle English calu bald, from Old English; akin to Old High German kalo bald, Old Church Slavonic golŭ bare First Known Use 1580, in the meaning defined above callow adjective as in inexperienced lacking in adult experience or maturity a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance inexperienced immature adolescent young juvenile unformed puerile unfledged youthful unripe unripened naive green childish infantile infantine raw boyish babyish infantilized innocent youngish girlish maidenly wet behind the ears ingenuous virginal naïve unsophisticated unseasoned untried untrained kiddish unknowing tender juvenescent Antonyms & Near Antonyms mature adult experienced ripe precocious advanced grown-up savvy worldly sophisticated knowing worldly-wise See More
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