adolesce

vi. 进入青春期

发音

/ˌædəˈlɛs/

词形变化

adolesced adolesces 三单 adolesces adolescing adolescing 现在分词 adolesced 过去式 adolesced 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    to become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.

    不及物

    The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12.

    It is a young nation, still adolescing.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 1

develop

词源

Back-formation from adolescence. First attested in 1859.

来源：wiktionary