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单词 striplings
释义

stripling

noun

strip·​ling ˈstri-pliŋ How to pronounce stripling (audio)
: youth sense 2a

Synonyms

  • boy
  • boychick
  • boychik
  • boyo [Irish]
  • callant [chiefly Scottish]
  • lad
  • laddie
  • nipper
  • shaveling
  • shaver
  • sonny
  • tad
  • youth
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Example Sentences

the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent
Recent Examples on the Web In Dunst’s hands, Antoinette is naturally happy, an excitable stripling full of life — the sort of protagonist you’d root for simply because the performer inhabiting her is so agreeable. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021 Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 5 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

striplings

noun

plural of stripling
as in boys
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • boys
  • teenagers
  • kids
  • adolescents
  • youths
  • lads
  • laddies
  • shavelings
  • nippers
  • shavers
  • toddlers
  • tads
  • boyos
  • moppets
  • juveniles
  • callants
  • youngsters
  • boychiks
  • boychicks
  • minors
  • younglings
  • sonnies
  • guttersnipes
  • urchins
  • kiddies
  • gamins
  • tweens
  • whippersnappers
  • hobbledehoys
  • tikes
  • tykes
  • schoolboys
  • imps
  • kiddos
  • squirts
  • tots
  • mama's boys
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