childhood

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being a child. uncountable
    — Of a ſuretie, it is a ioyfull thynge to reioyce in the chyldhode of chyldren, but it is a ryght cruel thing to ſuffre the importunities of their mothers.
  2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. countable,uncountable
    — He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
  3. The early stages of development of something. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — the childhood of our joy

词形变化

childhoods plural

词汇关系

衍生词
childhood autism childhood disintegrative disorder childhood friend childhoodless childhoodlike childhood memory early childhood early childhood education en midchildhood middle childhood prechildhood second childhood surgically induced childhood

词源

From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).
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