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

puerilepuer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjective formal

WORD ORIGINpuerile

Origin:

1500-1600 French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy, child’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less.
I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre.
It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel.
What a puerile thing to say!

silly and stupid SYN childish:

a puerile joke—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

单词	puerility
释义	puerilepuer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINpuerile Origin: 1500-1600 French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy, child’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES puerile jokes EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less. I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre. It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel. What a puerile thing to say! silly and stupid SYN childish: a puerile joke—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
随便看	punch Punch and Judy show punchbag punch bowl punch-drunk punched card punchiness punchline punch-up punchy punctilious punctiliously punctiliousness punctual punctuality punctually punctuate punctuation punctuation mark puncture pundit pungency pungent pungently punish