childhood

英 [ˈtʃaɪldhʊd]

美 [ˈtʃaɪldhʊd]

n.  童年; 幼年; 孩童时期

复数：childhoods　

高考CET4考研医学

Collins.3 / BNC.2746 / COCA.2107

习惯用语

n.

a/sb's second childhood
• 老小孩时期；行为像小孩的晚年时期
  a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again

牛津词典

noun

• 童年；幼年；孩童时期
  the period of sb's life when they are a child
  1. childhood, adolescence and adulthood
     童年、青少年及成年
  2. in early childhood
     在婴幼儿时期
  3. childhood memories/experiences
     童年的回忆 / 经历
  4. She had a happy childhood.
     她有一个幸福的童年。
  5. childhood cancer
     儿童癌症

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 童年;幼年时代
  A person'schildhoodis the period of their life when they are a child.
  1. She had a happy childhood...
     她曾有过一个幸福的童年。
  2. He was remembering a story heard in childhood.
     他在回忆儿时听过的一个故事。
  3. ...childhood illnesses.
     儿童疾病

英英释义

noun

• the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
  Synonym:puerility
• the time of person's life when they are a child

双语例句

• From childhood on, she'd had a plan of action, one that would brook no interference
  从孩提时代起，她就有了一个行动计划，而且是个不容他人干预的计划。
• Their lives are a far cry from his own poor childhood.
  他们的生活与他那贫苦的童年生活相比大相径庭。
• He wore leg braces after polio in childhood
  他幼时得过小儿麻痹症后双腿安上了支架。
• Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and manhood.
  青春期是儿童和成人阶段的过渡时期。
• These cookies seem to recapture all the textures and flavors we remember from childhood.
  这些饼干似乎重新唤回了我们记忆中童年时代的那种口感和味道。
• The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.
  作为一个铁路工程师的女儿，她最初的童年生活有些漂泊不定。
• The emotional wounds of early childhood leave ineradicable scars
  童年早期的情感创伤留下了难以抚平的伤痕。
• She had a happy childhood
  她曾有过一个幸福的童年。
• His sense of guilt had its roots in his childhood loss of his younger sister
  他的负疚感源于他在童年失去了妹妹。
• The sight recalled the days of childhood to me.
  那情景使我回忆起童年。