girlhood
noun[CorU]
old-fashioneduk/ˈɡɜːl.hʊd/us/ˈɡɝːl.hʊd/theperiodwhen apersonis agirl, and notyeta woman, or thestateof being agirl:
少女时期,少女时代ShelivedinIndiaduring her girlhood.她在印度度过了少女时代。
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- childhoodMy childhood was spent moving from place to place as my father was in the army.
- boyhoodHe remembered his boyhood as an idyllic period of his life.
- girlhoodNot since her girlhood had she felt so free and uninhibited.
- infancyMany more children used to die in infancy.
- youthAt 25, he felt his youth was already coming to an end.
Young people
- adolescence
- adolescent
- boyhood
- delinquent
- emo
- grow
- grow up
- mall rat
- minor
- ned
- post-adolescent
- punk
- shaver
- skinhead
- teens
- tween
- tweenager
- wild child
- yoof
- young blood
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