callow
callow 英 [ˈkæləʊ] 美 [ˈkæloʊ]
adj. 年轻而无经验的；羽毛未丰的
- If you're a rookie or new to something, you could be described as callow — like callow freshmen in high school or the callow receptionist who can't figure out how to transfer a call.
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- adj. 年轻而无经验的；羽毛未丰的
- callow (adj.) Old English calu "bare, bald," from Proto-Germanic *kalwa- (source also of Middle Dutch calu, Dutch kaal, Old High German kalo, German Kahl), from PIE root *gal- (1) "bald, naked" (source also of Russian golyi "smooth, bald"). From young birds with no feathers, meaning extended to any young inexperienced thing or creature, hence "youthful, juvenile, immature" (1570s). Apparently not related to Latin calvus "bald."
cal·low / ˈkæləʊ ; NAmE ˈkæloʊ / adjective ( formal, disapproving) young and without experience 幼稚无经验的；未谙世事的 SYN inexperienced ◆ a callow youth 乳臭未干的年轻人 cal·low / ˈkæləʊ ; NAmE ˈkæloʊ /
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