coltishness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of resembling a colt, especially:; The quality of being lively, playful and undisciplined. uncountable
    — The grand thing is to get rid of dogged sulks and coltishness—of that wayward, swerving, hesitating gait, which says, “Here’s my foot, and there’s my foot,” or “There is a lion in the street, I cannot go forth!”
  2. The quality of resembling a colt, especially:; The quality of being tall, thin and awkward (usually of a young person). uncountable
    — Though only a year younger than Reuben, in the midst of the awkward age, his growing limbs quite lacked the coltishness of his brother’s.

词源

From coltish + -ness.
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