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单词 young
释义 young
I. \ˈyəŋ\ adjective
(youn·ger \-ŋgə(r)\ ; youn·gest \-ŋgə̇st\)
Etymology: Middle English yong, from Old English geong; akin to Old High German jung young, Old Norse ungr young, Gothic jungs youthful, new, Latin juvenis young, Sanskrit yuvan
1. : being in the first or relatively early stage of life, growth, or development: as
 a. : not long born : being in the first part of life : not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age
  < mothers with very young children >
  < a strapping younger brother — R.T.Bird >
  < young people >
  < a young family >
  < a young man >
  < you have but a very few years to be young and handsome — Jonathan Swift >
  < forgot that he was once young and passionate — Carl Van Doren >
  < young puppies >
  < a spirited young colt >
 specifically : junior 1a
  < the young Mr. Smith >
  < it was young Alex who … informed his father — Glenway Wescott >
 b. : of an early, tender, or desirable age especially for use as food
  < fresh young lamb >
  < young pork >
  < young corn on the cob >
 c. : being in an early or immature state of development or cultivation
  < in place of the old will come new young scarlet oaks and beech, 10 feet high when planted — P.L.Ritzema >
  < apple sawfly caterpillars attack the young fruit in early summer >
  < young shoots of the new grass >
 specifically : being in an early stage of ripening or fermentation
  < a young cheese >
  < young wine >
2. : having little experience especially in a newly begun course of action or procedure : unpracticed
 < liked to hide my blunders … behind the shield of pretence that I was young, naïve, inexperienced — Omnibook >
 < was always young for liberty … of the intellect and spirit — Van Wyck Brooks >
 < the world was as yet too young in science for that — Charlton Laird >
3.
 a. : newly formed, constructed, or organized : recently come into being : new
  < she is a young ship, capable of outrunning most submarines — Walter Bernstein >
  < this part of the road is younger than the part farther west — G.R.Stewart >
  < when the war was young — Thomas Wood †1950 >
  < a young boom town — Current Biography >
  < a model for the young democracies — British Book News >
  < the younger universities — S.P.B.Mais >
  < the young petroleum industry >
 b. : being in the early part or phase of a specified development or period of time
  < a young moon — J.B.S.Haldane >
  < the day was still young — Agnes S. Turnbull >
  < the night is yet young — R.H.Croll >
 c. : youthful 5
  < the young alluvial soils … have not yet developed a profile — R.E.Crist >
  < streams that have just entered upon their work of erosion … are called young streams — V.C.Finch & G.T.Trewartha >
4. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person
 < trying to stay young as he grows old >
 < her soft young voice — Walter O'Meara >
 < loves the language enough to want to keep it always young and racy — C.E.Montague >
 < young for his age >
 < wearing the youngest and giddiest hats they can find — Lois Long >
5. : simulative of something in its full scale : diminutive, miniature
 < under her hands the harpsichord … was no small and ancient instrument, but a whole young orchestra in sound — Osbert Sitwell >
 < the heavy rain produced a young flood in the street >
 < his souvenirs form a young museum >
6. usually capitalized : forming or representing a new or rejuvenated group or movement especially of a political nature
 < the Young Republicans >
 < Young Germany >
 < Young Italy >
II. noun
(plural young also youngs)
Etymology: Middle English yonge, from Old English geonga (singular), geonge, geongan (plural), from geong, adjective
1. young plural : those that are young: as
 a. : young persons : youth
  < a story for young and old >
  < impart to the young the cultural heritage — Thomas Munro >
  < the young have a harder time of it than any previous generation — Hans Weigel >
 b. : the offspring of human beings or of animals before or for a short time after birth
  < parents must think out … what this means to their own young — Dorothy Barclay >
  < talking to him as all women talk to their young — Farley Mowat >
  < watching animals … with young — C.K.Ogden >
  < bringing forth their young >
2. : a single recently born or hatched animal : offspring
 < producing one young each year >

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