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yearling

/yeer-ling/US // ˈyɪər lɪŋ //UK // (ˈjɪəlɪŋ) //

年幼的孩子,一岁的孩子,一岁小孩,一岁以下儿童

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an animal in its second year.
    • : a horse one year old, dating from January 1 of the year after the year of foaling.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being a year old.
    • : of a year's duration or standing: a yearling bride.

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Examples

  • And from my roost I could note the passing of anything bigger than a buffalo yearling, within a radius of at least six miles.

  • The next moment there was a rustle of leaves, and a yearling doe dashed by.

  • The colt was watching the yearling's antics, and at last he couldn't help joining the fun.

  • A Wallachian woman, with her yearling babe in her arms, once found the door open and went in.

  • Her mother died before lise was six months old, and her father before she was a yearling.