| 单词 | precocious |
| 释义 | precocious (once / 2794 pages) adj That high school hoops phenom who plays like an NBA pro? The sixth grader who's already asking questions about organic chemistry? They're both precocious — meaning they're way beyond their years in skill or knowledge. When you look at the Latin roots of precocious, it all makes sense. When pre (meaning "before") joins coquere (meaning "to ripen"), you have something that is ripening prematurely. And in the case of precocious, you are usually describing young people who have some adult-like quality about them. Maybe it's their vast vocabulary, maybe it's their ease with Calculus, or maybe it's just applying lipstick. WORD FAMILYprecocious: precociously, precociousness+/precocity: precocious, precocities USAGE EXAMPLESNaturally, it’s a down-to-earth widower with a precocious child and they require her aid. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) “It is very precocious and sounds fresh and smart aleck, but I meant it as a lovely, funny gesture,” she said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) It’s largely a showcase for that 12-year-old’s precocious harmonica playing. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) a precocious child a precocious achievement Syn|Ant intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree advancedfarther along in physical or mental development retarded relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development stupid, unintelligentlacking intelligence backward, feebleminded, half-witted, slow-wittedretarded in intellectual development idiotic, imbecile, imbecilichaving a mental age of three to seven years moronichaving a mental age of between eight and twelve years cretinousafflicted with cretinism delayednot as far along as normal in development dim-witted, simple, simple-mindedlacking mental capacity and subtlety 2adj appearing or developing early precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias Syn early being or occurring at an early stage of development |
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