单词	preadolescent
释义	preadolescent /ˌpriːadəˈlɛs(ə)nt / adjective 1(Of a child) having nearly reached adolescence: preadolescent girls... It homogenises things around the key demographic of the show (adolescent and pre-adolescent kids, particularly girls) to an unfortunate degree - but hey - this is commercial TV. Because his or her body is not ready yet, do not encourage your pre-adolescent child to participate in adult-style physical activity such as long jogs, using an exercise bike or treadmill, or lifting heavy weights. The qualities aimed for are those prized by pre-adolescent children: noise, distraction, and nervous excitement. 1.1Relating to the two or three years preceding adolescence: Mozart’s preadolescent sonatas noun A preadolescent child.Still other camps serve pre-adolescents who, bubbling and tripping along with enthusiasm and zeal, are clamoring to figure out the concept of ‘us.’... She reveals, albeit incidentally, what makes ballroom practice so universal for these pre-adolescents: each wants to fit in and each has a keen desire to understand the adult world. When the war ends, the city is left with gangs of pre-adolescents armed to the teeth, who have neither qualms about murder nor basic reading and writing skills. Derivatives preadolescence noun ... Parents and children were all buried together and although the parents lived to a decent old age they were unfortunate to lose their children, either in infancy, pre-adolescence or early adulthood. Or was he Peter Pan who wanted to live out this fantasy of always being young so that his development was arrested pre-adolescence? This being pre-adolescence, I also rather liked the canvases smothered in greasy black spots.
随便看	miascitic miaskite miaskitic miasm miasma miasmal miasmatic miasmatically miasmatist miasmic miasmically miaul profanate profanation profanatory profane profanely profanement profaneness profaner profanism profanity profanize profection profectitious

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