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

youth

/juːθ

noun (plural youths /juːðz/)

1 [in singular] The period between childhood and adult age: he had been a keen sportsman in his youth...

The family oriented residential event offered a full programme of presentations, seminars and workshops for the youth and adults.
There was no statistical difference between the youth and adult groups in the distribution of diagnoses of injuries.
In terms of the severity, there was no difference between the youth and adult groups.

Synonyms

early years, early life, young days, teens, teenage years, adolescence, young adulthood, boyhood, girlhood, childhood;

immaturity;

prime, heyday, day, hour, time, springtime, salad days, bloom, peak, pinnacle, height;

Law minority

rare juvenility, juvenescence

1.1 [mass noun] The qualities of vigour, freshness, or immaturity as associated with being young: she imagined her youth and beauty fading...

You have an endearing quality of youth and innocence that attracts people around you today.
The qualities of youth and beauty were regarded as a fitting gift for their gods.
These are days of freshness, of youth and of fresh talent.

Synonyms

youthfulness, youngness, freshness, bloom

1.2 [in singular] An early stage in the development of something: this publishing sector is no longer in its youth

2A young man: he was attacked by a gang of youths...

On the day of the attack, a gang of youths had marched into the school's foyer at lunchtime.
Police have taken action to stop large gangs of youths congregating on church grounds.
Children and youths are our responsibility and it is us who are letting down our youngsters.

Synonyms

young man, boy, lad, youngster, juvenile, teenager, adolescent, junior, minor, young one;

stripling, whippersnapper, fledgling;

Scottish & Northern English bairn

informal kid, chav, hoodie, teen, shaver

2.1 [treated as singular or plural] Young people considered as a group: black youth has experienced high levels of racial discrimination [as modifier]: youth culture...

She shows how Hispanic minors are poised to overtake African Americans as the largest ethnic youth population in the country.
Britpop was Trainspotting's main vehicle to integrate youth subculture into popular culture.
From the very beginning this new youth culture crossed national borders.

Synonyms

young people, young, younger generation, rising generation, next generation

informal kids

Origin

Old English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young.

单词	youth
释义	youth /juːθ / noun (plural youths /juːðz/) 1 [in singular] The period between childhood and adult age: he had been a keen sportsman in his youth... The family oriented residential event offered a full programme of presentations, seminars and workshops for the youth and adults. There was no statistical difference between the youth and adult groups in the distribution of diagnoses of injuries. In terms of the severity, there was no difference between the youth and adult groups. Synonyms early years, early life, young days, teens, teenage years, adolescence, young adulthood, boyhood, girlhood, childhood; immaturity; prime, heyday, day, hour, time, springtime, salad days, bloom, peak, pinnacle, height; Law minority rare juvenility, juvenescence 1.1 [mass noun] The qualities of vigour, freshness, or immaturity as associated with being young: she imagined her youth and beauty fading... You have an endearing quality of youth and innocence that attracts people around you today. The qualities of youth and beauty were regarded as a fitting gift for their gods. These are days of freshness, of youth and of fresh talent. Synonyms youthfulness, youngness, freshness, bloom 1.2 [in singular] An early stage in the development of something: this publishing sector is no longer in its youth 2A young man: he was attacked by a gang of youths... On the day of the attack, a gang of youths had marched into the school's foyer at lunchtime. Police have taken action to stop large gangs of youths congregating on church grounds. Children and youths are our responsibility and it is us who are letting down our youngsters. Synonyms young man, boy, lad, youngster, juvenile, teenager, adolescent, junior, minor, young one; stripling, whippersnapper, fledgling; Scottish & Northern English bairn informal kid, chav, hoodie, teen, shaver 2.1 [treated as singular or plural] Young people considered as a group: black youth has experienced high levels of racial discrimination [as modifier]: youth culture... She shows how Hispanic minors are poised to overtake African Americans as the largest ethnic youth population in the country. Britpop was Trainspotting's main vehicle to integrate youth subculture into popular culture. From the very beginning this new youth culture crossed national borders. Synonyms young people, young, younger generation, rising generation, next generation informal kids Origin Old English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young. Rhymes buck tooth, couth, Duluth, forsooth, Maynooth, ruth, sleuth, sooth, strewth, tooth, truth
随便看	mateship mates' rates Mateus matey mateyness mat-grass math math coprocessor mathe mathematical mathematical geography mathematical induction mathematicality mathematical linguist mathematical linguistics mathematical logic mathematical logician mathematically Mathematical Markup Language mathematicalness mathematical philosophy mathematical physics mathematical point mathematical programming mathematician

youth

Origin

Rhymes