| 单词 | juvenile |
| 释义 | juvenile (once / 1189 pages) adjn If you're being juvenile, you're not acting your age. Unless of course you are a juvenile. In which case, carry on. While the noun juvenile refers to someone not physically or emotionally mature, the word is often used as an adjective to refer to anything specifically for young people, such as juvenile reading materials or movies. It can be derisive, as in "Don't act so juvenile," suggesting a silliness unbecoming an adult. The word comes from the Latin juvenīlis, meaning "youthful" — similar, but much more flattering. WORD FAMILYjuvenile: juvenilely, juveniles, juvenility+/juvenility: juvenilities USAGE EXAMPLESAuthorities say police arrested the juvenile male on suspicion of murder and other charges. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Most involved state wards in foster homes, adoptive homes, state-licensed residential care facilities and the juvenile probation system. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) A juvenile relative was arrested in the killing of a 74-year-old Keno woman early Saturday. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people juvenile diabetes juvenile fashions 2adj displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity their behavior was juvenile Syn adolescent, jejune, puerile immature characteristic of a lack of maturity 3n a young person, not fully developed Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper juvenile person adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward preteen, preteenager a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) adolescent, stripling, teen, teenagera juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngstera young person of either sex ingenuean artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage) spring chicken, young person, younker, youtha young person (especially a young man or boy) bairna child: son or daughter bladea dashing young man bustera robust child changelinga child secretly exchanged for another in infancy chebaba Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder childa prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age foster child, foster-child, fosterlinga child who is raised by foster parents hobbledehoyan awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scampone who is playfully mischievous kiddya young child moda British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers orphana child who has lost both parents pachucoa Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes peanuta young child who is small for his age poster childa child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes kindergartener, kindergartner, preschoolera child who attends a preschool or kindergarten punk, punk rockera teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture pup, puppyan inexperienced young person rockera teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles pupil, school-age child, schoolchilda young person attending school (up through senior high school) sillya word used for misbehaving children slipa young and slender person sproga child bambino, toddler, tot, yearlinga young child urchinpoor and often mischievous city child street child, waifa homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned young buck, young mana teenager or a young adult male individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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