| 释义 |
[ kal-oh ] / ˈkæl oʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR callow ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveimmature or inexperienced: a callow youth. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged. nouna recently hatched worker ant. Origin of callowbefore 1000; Middle English, Old English calu bald; cognate with Dutch kaal,German kahl bald, OCS golŭ bare SYNONYMS FOR callow1 untried, green, raw; naive, puerile, jejune. SEE SYNONYMS FOR callow ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR callow1 mature, adult, experienced. SEE ANTONYMS FOR callow ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM callowcal·low·ness, nounWords nearby callowcallose, callosity, Callot, callous, callout, callow, Calloway, call rate, call sign, call slip, call someone's bluff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for callowAnyone going through Prozac Nation can certainly find plenty of callow moments when Wurtzel does whine. Thank You, Elizabeth Wurtzel: ‘Prozac Nation’ Turns 20|Nicolaus Mills|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST But now that veneer is gone, and what remains is a callow man-child at odds with himself. What's Happened to Don Draper? Why Everyone’s Favorite ‘Mad Men’ Stud Needs His Mojo Back|Lizzie Crocker|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is clearly not a boast; it seems, rather, a shamed admission of petty, callow cruelty. In Defense of Jonathan Franzen|Michelle Goldberg|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST The last thing we should do is help the callow—and dangerous—Kim continue his rule. North Korea’s Dangerous Hostage Game|Gordon G. Chang|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In this callow atmosphere, Brooke Astor would never be an icon, but she is remembered with nostalgia. Brooke Astor’s Estate Is Auctioned, and a Friend Recalls Her Fondly|Barbara Goldsmith|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST This is what that charming Saint Francois de Sales calls somewhere "les pretres blancs-becs," callow priests. Les Misrables|Victor Hugo I recommend the system to all callow Yankees, commencing a "pushing business." Pencillings by the Way|N. Parker Willis Her age was the favorite theme of the callow witling, her cause a never-failing subject for reproach and abuse. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)|Ida Husted Harper The Cuckoo might be callow in some respects, but in others she was very much up-to-date. For the Sake of the School|Angela Brazil He was a dolt who confused genuine passion with the milder preferences of callow youth. Flood Tide|Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for callow (1 of 2)
adjectivelacking experience of life; immature rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers Derived forms of callowcallowness, nounWord Origin for callowOld English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald British Dictionary definitions for callow (2 of 2)
nounSimon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to callowinexperienced, crude, green, guileless, infant, jejune, juvenile, kid, naive, puerile, raw, tenderfoot, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young, jellybean, low tech, not dry behind ears |