| 单词 | young |
| 释义 | adjective | noun youngyoung1 /yʌŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 1NOT OLD not yet old or not as old as other people OPP old: Sarah is an ambitious young woman. You’re too young to get married. At thirty, you’re still very young. Sometimes I forget you’re younger than I am. My father died young, from a heart attack.a younger brother/sister I have two younger brothers. Here’s a photograph of Jeff in his younger days.2NOT ADULT/DEVELOPED having lived for only a short time and not adult or fully developed OPP old: Very young babies may sleep for most of the day. Dogs should be trained when they’re young.THESAURUSlittle/small – very young, but older than a baby. Small is only used before adjectives and sounds more formal or literary than little: When I was little, I was very shy. A small boy looked out from behind his mother’s legs.teenage – between the ages of 13 and 19: The TV show is popular with teenage girls.adolescent – relating to or typical of a young person between 12 and 17: A lot of adolescent boys tend to be obsessed with sex.juvenile formal – relating to children who are not old enough to be legally considered adults: Recently there has been a drop in juvenile crime.3IDEA/ORGANIZATION ETC. not having existed for a long time OPP old: At that time, America was still a young nation.4APPEARANCE seeming or looking younger than you are SYN youthful: In just a week, you can have younger smoother skin.5FOR YOUNG PEOPLE designed or meant for young people: Is this dress too young for me?6CONSISTING OF YOUNG PEOPLE consisting of young children or young people: The minister is in his 30s with a young family.7young lady/man spoken used to speak to a girl or boy when you are angry with them: Now, you listen to me, young man!8young blood young people with new ideas: We need some young blood in this company.9young at heart approving thinking and behaving as if you were young, even though you are old10keep somebody young to keep someone healthy and active: Working with children keeps me young.11the night/year/season etc. is still young used to say that there is still a lot of time to do something or have fun because a period of time has just started1265/82/97 etc. years young spoken humorous used to give the age of an old person who seems or feels much younger13the Younger used after the name of a famous person who lived in the past to show that he or she is the younger of two people with the same name: The letter was written by Pliny the Younger.[Origin: Old English geong] adjective | noun youngyoung2 noun [plural] 1science, biology a group of young animals that belong to a particular mother or type of animal: The lioness fought to protect her young.2the young young people in general: The ads are designed to appeal to the young. |
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