puberty
英 ['pjuːbətɪ]
美 ['pjubɚti]
助记提示
1. pubert- + -y.
2. => age of maturity, manhood.
中文词源
puberty 青春期来自拉丁语pubes的所有格形式pubertis,长大的，成年的，有男子汉气概的，-y,名词后缀。引申词义青春期。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The figure of a girl fills out at puberty.
- 姑娘的身段在青春期变得丰满.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. The boy's voice is beginning to crack at the age of puberty.
- 这男孩子的嗓音在发育期开始变得粗声粗气.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. You reach puberty in your teens.
- 人十多岁就到达青春期.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.
- 他14岁时进入了青春期.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The body undergoes many changes during puberty.
- 身体在青春期期间会发生许多变化.
来自《简明英汉词典》