英语词汇“childish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

He said he wouldn't go out with us if Jerry was going too - he's so childish!
I'd like you to explain your childish behaviour.
the childish joys of cotton candy and carousels
You know how childish he can be.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

He made her feel cheap, disloyal, childish and socially inferior.
He said it with a childish wonder that touched her.
I know that sounds very childish and naive, but think about it.
I suppose it was childish of me, but I vowed to break Sir Thomas's, if I could.
I told Vivienne I thought it was stupid, just childish.
Lee looked out over his half-moon glasses almost like a childish madman.
Yet the stakes involved were not childish.

Longman Language Activatorstupid and childish► childish

someone who is childish annoys you by being unreasonable and unhelpful, or by complaining and being rude, as if they were a small child: · He said he wouldn't go out with us if Jerry was going too - he's so childish!· You know how childish he can be.· I'd like you to explain your childish behaviour.

► immature

someone who is immature behaves as if they were younger than they really are, so they are not as sensible or responsible as you expect them to be: · We were silly, immature teenagers, and we didn't know any better.· I was 19 when I went to college, but still very immature.· These kids are brilliant, but often socially immature.

► juvenile

someone who is juvenile , especially a young adult, behaves in a very silly way like a child, when they should be more sensible: · Some of the boys tried to involve me in their juvenile pranks, but I wasn't interested. · You wouldn't think that college students could be so juvenile.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► things

· It was time to put away childish things.· When I was a child, my speech, my outlook, and my thoughts were all with childish things.

单词	childish
释义	childishchild‧ish /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He said he wouldn't go out with us if Jerry was going too - he's so childish! I'd like you to explain your childish behaviour. the childish joys of cotton candy and carousels You know how childish he can be. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He made her feel cheap, disloyal, childish and socially inferior. He said it with a childish wonder that touched her. I know that sounds very childish and naive, but think about it. I suppose it was childish of me, but I vowed to break Sir Thomas's, if I could. I told Vivienne I thought it was stupid, just childish. Lee looked out over his half-moon glasses almost like a childish madman. Yet the stakes involved were not childish. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorstupid and childish► childish someone who is childish annoys you by being unreasonable and unhelpful, or by complaining and being rude, as if they were a small child: · He said he wouldn't go out with us if Jerry was going too - he's so childish!· You know how childish he can be.· I'd like you to explain your childish behaviour. ► immature someone who is immature behaves as if they were younger than they really are, so they are not as sensible or responsible as you expect them to be: · We were silly, immature teenagers, and we didn't know any better.· I was 19 when I went to college, but still very immature.· These kids are brilliant, but often socially immature. ► juvenile someone who is juvenile , especially a young adult, behaves in a very silly way like a child, when they should be more sensible: · Some of the boys tried to involve me in their juvenile pranks, but I wasn't interested. · You wouldn't think that college students could be so juvenile. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► things · It was time to put away childish things.· When I was a child, my speech, my outlook, and my thoughts were all with childish things. 1[usually before noun] relating to or typical of a child OPP adult: a high childish laugh her childish excitement2behaving in a silly way that makes you seem much younger than you really are – used to show disapproval SYN immature OPP mature: Don’t be so childish! I wish politicians would stop this childish name-calling. ► To describe someone who is as innocent, eager etc as a child, use childlike.—childishly adverb—childishness noun [uncountable]
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