adulthood

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n. 成年 [医] 成人期

发音

US

词形变化

adulthoods 复数 adulthoods

教材释义与例句

名词

成年；成人期

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.

    不可数

    Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)

    Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.

  2. 2.

    The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

    成年

    不可数

    Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)

    The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

    The things learned in childhood affect us throughout our adulthood.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

maturity

上位词 3

maturity matureness time of life

下位词 7

prime manhood womanhood parenthood parentage muliebrity prime of life

部分词 10

majority teens twenties fifties thirties forties middle age drinking age legal age thirtysomething

相关短语

young adulthood

词源

From adult + -hood.

来源：wiktionary