• n. 青春期；開花期

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pubes的所有格形式pubertis,長(zhǎng)大的，成年的，有男子漢氣概的，-y,名詞后綴。引申詞義青春期。

puberty

puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘a(chǎn)dult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘a(chǎn)dulthood’ 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.

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

姑娘的身段在青春期變得豐滿.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

這男孩子的嗓音在發(fā)育期開始變得粗聲粗氣.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. You reach puberty in your teens.

人十多歲就到達(dá)青春期.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.

他14歲時(shí)進(jìn)入了青春期.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The body undergoes many changes during puberty.

身體在青春期期間會(huì)發(fā)生許多變化.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》