| 单词 | youngster |
| 释义 | youngster (once / 536 pages) n Youngster is a good, generic way to talk about a person who's younger than you are, especially a child. If you babysit a neighborhood kid, you can describe him as a youngster. The noun youngster is a casual word meaning "child," and its synonyms include tyke and small fry. Older people sometimes use it to refer to adults who are younger than they are: "You youngsters can keep playing cards, but I'm going to bed!" Youngster has been around since the 1500's, when it replaced the earlier youngling. WORD FAMILYyoungster: youngsters USAGE EXAMPLESAs a youngster he watched the B.Y.U. team practice and thought of becoming a football coach someday. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) And the family spread some festive cheer by delivering gowns to youngsters at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Most days, the exuberant youngster offers high-fives and chatters happily with her teachers and fellow preschoolers at Wellspring Early Learning Center. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) n a young person of either sex Syn|Hypo|Hyper child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke bairn a child: son or daughter bustera robust child changelinga child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder childa prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age foster child, foster-child, fosterlinga child who is raised by foster parents imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scampone who is playfully mischievous kiddya young child orphana child who has lost both parents peanuta young child who is small for his age poster childa child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes kindergartener, kindergartner, preschoolera child who attends a preschool or kindergarten sillya word used for misbehaving children sproga child bambino, toddler, tot, yearlinga young child urchinpoor and often mischievous city child street child, waifa homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned foster daughter, foster-daughtersomeone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth foster son, foster-sonsomeone who is raised as a son although not related by birth poster boya male poster child poster girla female poster child ragamuffin, tatterdemaliona dirty shabbily clothed urchin guttersnipe, street urchina child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas brat, holy terror, little terror, terrora very troublesome child juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed |
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