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puerile

/pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoor-il, -ahyl/US // ˈpyu ər ɪl, -əˌraɪl, ˈpyʊər ɪl, -aɪl //UK // (ˈpjʊəraɪl) //

稚嫩的,稚嫩,稚气,稚气未脱

Related Words

callow呼叫,胼手胝足,召唤,胼胝infantile幼稚,婴儿期,幼稚的,婴幼儿babyish幼稚,幼稚的,稚嫩的,婴幼儿foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢green绿色,绿化,绿色的,绿immature不成熟的,不成熟,不成熟的人,未成熟inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的inexperienced没有经验,没有经验的,没经验的,没经验irresponsible不负责任的,不负责任,不负责任的人,不負責任jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人juvenile少年,少年犯,青少年,少年儿童naive天真无邪,天真烂漫,天真,天真无邪的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎ridiculous荒谬的,荒唐,荒唐的,可笑的silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱young年轻,年轻人,年轻的,青年unfledged不成熟的,不丰满,不成熟,不丰满的ungrown未长成的,未生长的,未成长的,未长大的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a child or to childhood.
    • : childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.childish
Synonyms
callow呼叫,胼手胝足,召唤,胼胝infantile幼稚,婴儿期,幼稚的,婴幼儿babyish幼稚,幼稚的,稚嫩的,婴幼儿babylike像婴儿一样,像婴儿,像宝宝一样,像婴儿一样的foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢green绿色,绿化,绿色的,绿immature不成熟的,不成熟,不成熟的人,未成熟inane无稽之谈,无聊,无意义的,毫无意义的inexperienced没有经验,没有经验的,没经验的,没经验irresponsible不负责任的,不负责任,不负责任的人,不負責任jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人juvenile少年,少年犯,青少年,少年儿童naive天真无邪,天真烂漫,天真,天真无邪的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎ridiculous荒谬的,荒唐,荒唐的,可笑的silly愚蠢的,傻乎乎的,傻傻的,愚蠢trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unfledged不成熟的,不丰满,不成熟,不丰满的ungrown未长成的,未生长的,未成长的,未长大的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱young年轻,年轻人,年轻的,青年

Examples

  • The results were strange, compelling, puerile, trashy and slightly brilliant—laser-targeted towards young Israeli males.

  • This eight-minute piece of puerile propaganda features the warm and winning voice of Ed Asner.

  • But for these two puerile sports fans, the evening was almost as much about the play-by-play as how things turned out.

  • So I simply focused on another British movie star who has depended on his juvenile appeal and not his puerile one.

  • That man, in this puerile state, has already taken possession of the whole treasure of divine truth!

  • Under Nurse-tales, I include the extremely puerile stories of the nursery, often (as in the German ones) interlaced with rhymes.

  • We can say that the prophecies of the Old Testament adjusted to the New, would be very absurd and puerile things.

  • The incident, puerile in seeming, but serious at bottom, produced a deep resentment towards the party of the nobles.

  • You have a hundred times sighed at the sight of the sad follies which puerile questions have produced among us.

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