puerile

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/    美 /ˈpjʊɹɪl/|/ˈpjʊɹaɪl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Childish; trifling; silly.
    — 1850, Thomas De Quincey, French and English Manners (originally published in Hogg's Instructor The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.
  2. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

词形变化

more puerile comparative most puerile superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
puerilely puerileness puerilism puerility puerilization
相关词
puella puellile puer boyish yobbish youthful

词源

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.
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