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单词 childhood
释义 child·hood
\ˈchīldˌhu̇d\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English childhod, from Old English cildhād, from cild child + -hād -hood
1. : the period of being a child
 < a happy childhood but an adulthood fraught with troubles >
2. : the quality or state of being a child
 < the ignorance and infirmities of childhood stand in need of restraint and correction — John Locke >
 < reach manhood without having experienced childhood >
 < experience the bonds of childhood and parental love >
3. : children
 < a toy designed to appeal to childhood >
4. : the early period in the development of something
 < there was a childhood of religion as there was a childhood of science — Times Literary Supplement >
 < industrial hygiene in America had an uneasy childhood — Victor Robinson >
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