puberty
英['pju?b?t?]
美['pjub?ti]
- n. 青春期；開花期
助記提示
1. pubert- + -y.
2. => age of maturity, manhood.
中文詞源
puberty 青春期
來自拉丁語pubes的所有格形式pubertis,長大的，成年的，有男子漢氣概的，-y,名詞后綴。引申詞義青春期。
英文詞源
- puberty
- puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘adult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘adulthood’ by way of the derivative pūbertās, source of English puberty, and ‘hairiness’ in pubescent [17], which means ‘downy’ as well as ‘having reached puberty’. And the two are combined in pubic ‘relating to the region of the groin where hair begins to grow at puberty’ [19].
- puberty (n.)
- "the time of life in which the two sexes begin first to be acquainted" [Johnson], late 14c., from Old French puberté and directly from Latin pubertatem (nominative pubertas) "age of maturity, manhood," from pubes (genitive pubertis) "adult, full-grown, manly." Related: Puberal; pubertal.
雙語例句
- 1. The figure of a girl fills out at puberty.
- 姑娘的身段在青春期變得豐滿.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. The boy's voice is beginning to crack at the age of puberty.
- 這男孩子的嗓音在發育期開始變得粗聲粗氣.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. You reach puberty in your teens.
- 人十多歲就到達青春期.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.
- 他14歲時進入了青春期.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The body undergoes many changes during puberty.
- 身體在青春期期間會發生許多變化.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》