ephebe

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training. historical
  2. A young man; a youth. broadly
    — His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. Tame essence of [Oscar] Wilde.

词形变化

ephebes plural

词汇关系

词源

Via Latin ephēbus, from Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”), from ἐπί (epí, “early”) + ἥβη (hḗbē, “manhood”), late 19th c.
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