precocious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 prĭ-kō'shəs

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
    — The precocious plant was already blooming flowers by day 4.
  2. Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.
    — The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.

词形变化

more precocious comparative most precocious superlative præcocious alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
precociously precociousness precocious pseudopuberty precocious puberty unprecocious
相关词
precocity prodigy apricot

词源

From Latin praecox (“premature, precocious, ripe before time, early ripe”), from praecoquō (“to ripen beforehand, ripen fully, also boil beforehand”), from prae (“before”) + coquō (“to cook, boil, ripen”). Doublet of apricot.
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