adolescence

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/    美 /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/|/ˌædəˈlesəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience). countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom

词形变化

adolescences plural

词源

From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
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