puberty

• n. 青春期；开花期

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中文词源

来自拉丁语pubes的所有格形式pubertis,长大的，成年的，有男子汉气概的，-y,名词后缀。引申词义青春期。

英文词源

puberty

puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘adult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘adulthood’ by way of the derivative pūbertās, source of English puberty, and ‘hairiness’ in pubescent [17], which means ‘downy’ as well as ‘having reached puberty’. And the two are combined in pubic ‘relating to the region of the groin where hair begins to grow at puberty’ [19].

puberty (n.)

"the time of life in which the two sexes begin first to be acquainted" [Johnson], late 14c., from Old French puberté and directly from Latin pubertatem (nominative pubertas) "age of maturity, manhood," from pubes (genitive pubertis) "adult, full-grown, manly." Related: Puberal; pubertal.

双语例句

1. The figure of a girl fills out at puberty.

姑娘的身段在青春期变得丰满.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. The boy's voice is beginning to crack at the age of puberty.

这男孩子的嗓音在发育期开始变得粗声粗气.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. You reach puberty in your teens.

人十多岁就到达青春期.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.

他14岁时进入了青春期.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The body undergoes many changes during puberty.

身体在青春期期间会发生许多变化.

来自《简明英汉词典》