| 单词 | youthful |
| 释义 | youth·ful 1. < could remember from his youthful enlisted days — J.G.Cozzens > < his youthful optimism and his cheerful trust in men — Katherine McNamara > 2. < in the youthful shell the dorsal valve develops a nearly straight posterior … margin — J.A.Thomson b. 1881 > < a hotbed of youthful plants > < a youthful culture — Stringfellow Barr > 3. < youthful dancers crowd the floor > < the youthful pitcher handles himself like a veteran > 4. < seems a bit dated now … but it is skillful, fluent, and youthful — Arthur Berger > < a youthful octogenarian — W.J.Ghent > < of the most brilliant colors and youthful cut — W.M.Thackeray > 5. < high mountain chains of youthful topography — L.C.Reed > < valleys … carved by vigorous youthful streams — Science > < the youthful volcanic islands — Journal of Geology > — compare cycle of erosion Synonyms: < in old age when the circulation to the skin is lessened, the skin loses its youthful appearance — Morris Fishbein > < with bare shoulders and a little necklace, and a light blue sash, she looked the image of youthful innocence and girlish happiness — W.M.Thackeray > < youthful indiscretions > juvenile often stresses the fact of youth and immaturity or of suitability to it; it may be used to stigmatize lack of adult judgment < juvenile activities > < juvenile fiction > < the majority of the Irish people were only mildly sympathetic with the rebels, and regarded their desperate rebellion as juvenile melodrama — Paul Blanshard > < whereas adolescents looked upon this intense absorption as juvenile and had much more sophisticated attitudes — J.E.Anderson > puerile may factually describe the acts or utterances of a boy or girl, especially one quite young; it often stigmatizes childish immaturity in situations in which adult maturity can be expected or hoped for < puerile digestive upsets > < it was dishonest, it was absurd, and it was puerile — Bernard De Voto > < badly constructed, incoherent, puerile in conception and presentation, and written in shoddy journalese — D.S.Savage > boyish is often used in reference to the attractive or engaging qualities of normal, vigorous, unsophisticated boys < boyish ardor > < boyish frankness > < had always, in a shy, boyish fashion, worshipped his big brother — B.A.Williams > < her features were clear-cut, her neck long and slender, her figure slim and boyish — Elizabeth Goudge > virgin stresses inexperience, especially sexual inexperience, often with accompanying ingenuousness < he was married, and the secret could be given only to a virgin youth — W.T.Corlett > < the picture of youth, unprotected innocence, and humble virgin simplicity — W.M.Thackeray > virginal may be closely synonymous with virgin; it is more likely to connote chastened or pure suggestions of virgin inexperience < though she had lost long ago her virginal loveliness, she had ripened at middle age into a handsome and fruitful-looking woman — Ellen Glasgow > maiden may be a less frank synonym for virgin < a maiden aunt > or it may apply to a first effort < a maiden speech > or suggest youthful chaste inexperience < the maiden chastity and simplicity of these furnishings > < the young ladies on board, whom … the Cambridge lads and their pale-faced tutor avoided with maiden coyness — W.M.Thackeray > |
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