词族 · youth
词形变化
中文词源
youth 青年时期
来自PIE*yeu,生命力，年青的活力，-th,名词后缀，用做young的名词形式。
英语词源
- youth (n.)
- Old English geoguð "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 duguð). 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]
权威例句
- 1. Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.
- 从务实角度来说，音乐电视网的生存依赖于把年轻人市场卖给广告商。
- 2. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
- 老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。
- 3. I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
- 我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。
- 4. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
- 他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。
- 5. A youth was inside the car, attempting to hot-wire it.
- 一个小青年正在车里试图用电线短路的方法发动汽车。
词语辨析
【adolescent, teenager, youth, juvenile】
这组词都有“年轻人，青少年”的意思，其区别是：
adolescent: 比teenager正式，侧重年龄。
teenager: 主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。
youth: 现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。
juvenile: 指青少年，系法律上的常用词。
这组词都有“年轻人，青少年”的意思，其区别是：
adolescent: 比teenager正式，侧重年龄。
teenager: 主要指13岁到19岁之间的青少年，强调这个年龄段的人的本身特点。
youth: 现在几乎专指男青年，尤指10多岁到20多一点的男青年，但作为集合名时间男女青年都可指。
juvenile: 指青少年，系法律上的常用词。