| 单词 | late developer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslate developer late developer n. a person who develops or matures at a relatively late stage; cf. developer n. 5. ΚΠ 1912 Spectator 5 Oct. 502/1 Even if he has no buried vein of brilliance, but is merely a late developer, he may pass in accomplishment the hothouse flowers of the academic system who had utterly outclassed him in boyhood. 1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Feb. 312/1 A relatively small number of late developers who..will be found to be as worthy of further school opportunity as some of those who had been previously selected. 1953 R. Fuller Second Curtain vi. 103 How frightful I must have been at thirteen... I was a late developer. 1999 Times 16 July 38/3 Macy Gray, 29, is a late developer who has enjoyed getting a life before a proper record deal. < as lemmas |
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