单词 | young |
释义 | young I. 1. a. < 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 < the young Mr. Smith > < it was young Alex who … informed his father — Glenway Wescott > b. < fresh young lamb > < young pork > < young corn on the cob > c. < 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 < a young cheese > < young wine > 2. < 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. < 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. < a young moon — J.B.S.Haldane > < the day was still young — Agnes S. Turnbull > < the night is yet young — R.H.Croll > c. < 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. < 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. < 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 < the Young Republicans > < Young Germany > < Young Italy > II. 1. young plural a. < 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. < 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. < producing one young each year > • - with young |
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