| 单词 | infantile |
| 释义 | infantile (once / 3627 pages) adj Infantile means immature or childish. Thumb-sucking and temper tantrums are examples of infantile behavior. Doctors use the word infantile just like you'd expect: to describe things having to do with infants or babies. The rest of us, though, generally use this adjective when someone's being a brat or a crybaby or otherwise behaving immaturely. If someone refers to your sense of humor or your style of argument as "infantile" they are not offering you a complement. They might be trying to tell you to "grow up." WORD FAMILYinfantile: infantilely, infantilism USAGE EXAMPLESIt is unfussy in a country whose metropolitan food culture increasingly involves infantile gimmicks: dishes served on bricks, in jam-jars and the like. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) It can instill in us a delusional sense of our own importance, and it can stir a variety of infantile responses. The New Yorker(Nov 24, 2016) The girl — Bao Bao or Mei Mei or something equally infantile — grumbles an interruption, timbre slightly defiant, as she secures her hair in double loops. Nature(Nov 22, 2016) 1adj of or relating to infants or infancy infantile paralysis 2adj being or befitting or characteristic of an infant infantile games Syn immature, young (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth 3adj indicating a lack of maturity infantile behavior Syn childish immature characteristic of a lack of maturity |
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