adolescent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ăd'əlĕsʹənt

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
    — It may be wartime, but Miss Adolescent wants her fun!
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
    — Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long.

词形变化

more adolescent comparative most adolescent superlative adolescents plural

词源

词源 1
First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.
词源 2
First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.
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