pubescent
pubescent 英 [pjʊ'bes(ə)nt] 美 [pju'bɛsnt]
adj. 青春期的；有软毛的 n. 青春期的青少年
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- adj. 青春期的；有软毛的
- n. 青春期的青少年
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1. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards.
一般来讲，只有青春期的或者成年男子才能长胡子。
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2. She writes about herself and her pubescent, precocious, and, when necessary, cunning behavior with the same sobriety she uses to describe everything else.
她描写她本人，她的早熟 ，青春期的困惑，而且在必要的时候，她利用同样节制的狡猾行为去描写所有别的事情。
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3. I'm not certain whether this can be defined as creepy or just inappropriate: a young Greek bride ritually celebrates her nuptials by grabbing a young, pre-pubescent boy and forcing him onto her lap.
我不能确定这是要被定义为令人毛骨悚然呢还是仅仅是不恰当的：按照仪式的惯例，一个希腊新娘会抓过一个年轻的、不到青春期的男孩，然后强迫他做到自己的腿上。
- pubescent (adj.) 1610s, a back-formation from pubescence, or else from French pubescent (early 16c.) or directly from Latin pubescentem (nominative pubescens), present participle of pubescere "to reach puberty" (see pubescence).
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