puberty

来自拉丁语pubes的所有格形式pubertis,长大的，成年的，有男子汉气概的，-y,名词后缀。引申词义青春期。

puberty

puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘adult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘adulthood’ 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变得丰满.

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

这男孩子的嗓音在发育期开始变得粗声粗气.

3. You reach puberty in your teens.

人十多岁就到达青春期.

4. He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.

他14岁时进入了青春期.

5. The body undergoes many changes during puberty.

身体在青春期期间会发生许多变化.