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

• The writer constructed the story from memories of her childhood.
  作者根据她自己童年的回忆构思了这个故事。
• His favourite childhood pursuits were sailing, swimming and cycling.
  儿时他最大的爱好是帆船运动、游泳和骑自行车。
• I married Shurla, my childhood sweetheart, in Liverpool.
  我在利物浦和我青梅竹马的恋人舒拉结婚了。
• 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。
• My mother, who had a sheltered upbringing, has fantastic memories of childhood.
  我妈妈在呵护下长大，对童年有着非常美好的回忆。
• They have been good friends since childhood.
  他们从一小儿起就一直是好朋友。
• Woodhead spent part of his childhood in Rhodesia.
  伍德黑德在罗得西亚度过了部分童年时光。
• Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
  她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
• Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong
  从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
• 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。