boyhood
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈbɔɪ.hʊd/us/ˈbɔɪ.hʊd/theperiodwhen apersonis aboy, and notyeta man, or thestateof being aboy:
（男子的）孩童时期，少年时代I had a veryhappyboyhood.我少年时代过得很开心。
Thetransitionfrom boyhood tomanhoodcan be aconfusingperiod.从少年时期过渡到成年时期可能会是个令人困惑的阶段。
It was his boyhoodambition/dreamtobecomeafilmdirector.当电影导演是他儿时的志向／梦想。
James Bond was a boyhoodheroof mine.詹姆斯·邦德是我少年时心目中的英雄。
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childhood
girlhoodold-fashioned
childhood
- 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
- delinquent
- emo
- girlhood
- grow
- grow up
- mall rat
- minor
- ned
- post-adolescent
- punk
- shaver
- skinhead
- teens
- tween
- tweenager
- wild child
- yoof
- young blood
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