单词 | infant |
释义 | infant —infanthood, n. —infantlike, adj. /in"feuhnt/, n. 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk; baby. 2. Law. a person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. 3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant. 4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress. adj. 5. of or pertaining to infants or infancy: infant years. 6. being in infancy: an infant king. 7. being in the earliest stage: an infant industry. 8. of or pertaining to the legal state of infancy; minor. [1350-1400; < L infant- (s. of infans) small child, lit., one unable to speak, equiv. to in- IN-3 + -fans, prp. of fari to speak; r. ME enfaunt < AF < L, as above] |
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