youth
英[ju?θ]
美[j?θ]
- n. 青年；青春；年輕；青少年時期
詞態變化
復數:?youths;
中文詞源
youth 青年時期
來自PIE*yeu,生命力，年青的活力，-th,名詞后綴，用做young的名詞形式。
英文詞源
- youth (n.)
- Old English geogue "youth; young people, junior warriors; young of cattle," related to geong "young," from Proto-Germanic *jugunthi- (cognates: Old Saxon juguth, Old Frisian jogethe, Middle Dutch joghet, Dutch jeugd, Old High German jugund, German Jugend, Gothic junda "youth"), from suffixed form of PIE root *yeu- "vital force, youthful vigor" (see young (adj.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
According to OED, the Proto-Germanic form apparently was altered from *juwunthiz by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of Old English dugue). In Middle English, the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared.They said that age was truth, and that the young
Marred with wild hopes the peace of slavery
[Shelley]
雙語例句
- 1. Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.
- 從務實角度來說，音樂電視網的生存依賴于把年輕人市場賣給廣告商。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
- 老師們常認為青少年工作者紀律性差且能力低下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
- 我認為你在南美度過的青少年時代讓你產生了偏見。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
- 他們被指控組織并資助地下青年運動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
- 一個小青年正在車里試圖用電線短路的方法發動汽車。
來自柯林斯例句