young

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #375 ★★★★★

a. 年轻的, 无经验的, 朝气蓬勃的 n. 青年们, 幼小动物, 崽

发音

US /jʌŋ/
UK /jʌŋ/
其它 /jʊŋɡ/
其它 /jʊŋ/
IN /jəŋɡ/
IN /jɐŋɡ/

词形变化

youngs 复数 youngs younged younging youngs 三单 younging 现在分词 younged 过去式 younged 过去分词 younger 比较级 younger youngest youngest 最高级

别名

YAVIS YBG yng yong young, dumb, and full of come younge

教材释义与例句

名词

年轻人；（动物的）崽，仔

young people

形容词

年轻的；初期的；没有经验的

a young person, plant, or animal has not lived for very long

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

    The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

    The lion's young are curious about the world around them.

v.
  1. 1.

    To become or seem to become younger.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    To cause to appear younger.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    To exhibit younging.

    地质
adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

    年轻

    a lamb is a young sheep

    these picture books are for young readers

    Come skydiving with us. Come on, you're only young once!

  2. 2.

    At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

    the age of space travel is still young

    a young business

  3. 3.

    advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

    And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.

    How young is your dog?

    Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.

  4. 4.

    Junior (of two related people with the same name).

  5. 5.

    Early (of a decade of life).

    1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41, […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.

  6. 6.

    Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

    My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.

  7. 7.

    Of or belonging to the early part of life.

    The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.

  8. 8.

    Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

youth offspring

反义词 1

aged

上位词 7

animal beast creature brute fauna age group cohort

下位词 3

orphan spat hatchling
形容词

同义词 7

new immature youthful untested unseasoned untried vernal

反义词 1

old

近义相关 10

little new small early junior teenage tender teen immature newborn

参见 3

new junior immature

相关短语

young gun young lady n. 小姐; 女士; 女朋友; 未婚妻 young blood 年轻人, 青春活力, 新成员, 新鲜血液 young buck young bucks young adult 年轻人；大学生 young adults young ladies Young Earth creationism young man n. 青年，男朋友，未婚夫; 小青年; 后生; 老弟 young men young Turk 少壮派；激进分子；青年土尔其党党员 young money Young Turk young Turks

词源

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

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