单词
puerility
英 [,pj??'r?l?t?]
美
基本信息
- n. 天真，幼稚；孩子气，未成熟
中文词源
puerility 天真，幼稚
来自puerile,孩子气的。
英文词源
- puerility (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French puérilité (15c.), from Latin puerilitatem (nominative puerilitas) "childishness," from puerilis "boyish, youthful; childish, trivial, silly," from puer "child, boy," from PIE *pau- (1) "few, little," with sense extended to "small, young" (cognates: Latin putus "boy," Sanskrit putrah "son, boy," Avestan puthra- "son, child;" see few (adj.)).
双语例句
- 1. There was always, in her conversation, the same odd mixture of audacity and puerility.
- 她的谈吐非常奇特,总是那么既大胆放肆同时又天真无邪.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Puerility is kind of a desire - free state.
- 天真是一种没有欲望的状态.
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