puberty

noun

/ˈpjuːbəti/

/ˈpjuːbərti/

[uncountable]

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the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children
- to reach puberty
Wordfinder
- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Collocations The ages of life
The ages of lifeChildhood/youth
- be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood
- grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm
- be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)
- reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty
- be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties
- undergo/experience physical/psychological changes
- give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure
- assert your independence/individuality
Adulthood
- leave school/university/home
- go out to work (at sixteen)
- get/find a job/partner
- be/get engaged/married
- have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job
- settle down and have kids/children/a family
- begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)
- prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career
- reach/be well into/settle into middle age
- have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis
- take/consider early retirement
- approach/announce/enjoy your retirement
Old age
- have/see/spend time with your grandchildren
- take up/pursue/develop a hobby
- get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension
- approach/save for/die from old age
- live to a ripe old age
- reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)
- be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)
- die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness
see also adolescence
Extra Examples
- Girls start menstruating at puberty.
- I was going through puberty.
- She hit puberty a year before any of her friends.
- The body undergoes many changes during puberty.
Topics Life stagesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + puberty
- enter
- hit
- reach
- …
preposition
- at puberty
- during puberty
phrases
- the age of puberty
- the onset of puberty
See full entry
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes ‘pubic hair, groin, genitals’.

单词	puberty
释义	puberty noun /ˈpjuːbəti/ /ˈpjuːbərti/ [uncountable] jump to other results the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children to reach puberty Wordfinder adolescent immature mixed up naive puberty rebellious sulky tearaway teenager young Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of lifeChildhood/youth be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters) reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties undergo/experience physical/psychological changes give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure assert your independence/individuality Adulthood leave school/university/home go out to work (at sixteen) get/find a job/partner be/get engaged/married have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job settle down and have kids/children/a family begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry) prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career reach/be well into/settle into middle age have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis take/consider early retirement approach/announce/enjoy your retirement Old age have/see/spend time with your grandchildren take up/pursue/develop a hobby get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension approach/save for/die from old age live to a ripe old age reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic) be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic) die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness see also adolescence Extra Examples Girls start menstruating at puberty. I was going through puberty. She hit puberty a year before any of her friends. The body undergoes many changes during puberty. Topics Life stagesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + puberty enter hit reach … preposition at puberty during puberty phrases the age of puberty the onset of puberty See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes ‘pubic hair, groin, genitals’.
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