youth
名词 n.
英 /juːθ/|/jʉwθ/
美 /juθ/|/jʉːθ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The quality or state of being young.
— Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
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The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
— Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
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A young person.
— There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
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A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
— […]and then a youth appeared—no one quite knew where from or to whom he belonged—but he settled down with them in a happy-go-lucky way, and they all lived together.
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Young persons, collectively.
— The actual brides- and grooms-to-be are not in attendance—many youth would be embarrassed by their parents’ matchmaking efforts, and often do not live in the same city anyway.
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衍生词
fountain of youth
hilltop youth
in the flower of one's youth
middle youth
mid youth
yoof
youth academy
youth bulge
youth center
youth centre
youth-centric
youth club
youth court
youth crew
youth crime
youth culture
youth custody centre
youth detention center
youth detention centre
youthful
youth group
youth hostel
youth is wasted on the young
youthly
youth movement
youth-on-age
youth organization
youthwards
youth work
youth worker
youthy
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词源
From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.
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