名詞 childhood:

1. the time of person's life when they are a child
2. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
   同義詞：puerility

1. Why is it that he rarely mentions his childhood?
   他為什么很少提到他的兒童時(shí)代呢？
2. He was my playmate in childhood.
   他是我童年時(shí)的玩伴。
3. She fell into a reverie about her childhood.
   她沉浸在對(duì)童年往事的遐想中。
4. Childhood is a period of rapid growth.
   幼年是生長(zhǎng)迅速的時(shí)期。
5. He aspired to leadership even in his childhood.
   童年時(shí)代他就渴望當(dāng)領(lǐng)袖。
6. Mankind learns its first language in early childhood.
   人類(lèi)是在幼年開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)第一種語(yǔ)言的。
7. They spend their childhood in happiness.
   他們幸福地度過(guò)童年。

child.hood

n.（名詞）
The time or state of being a child.
童年：身為兒童的時(shí)期或者狀態(tài)
The early stage in the existence or development of something:
早期：某事物存在或發(fā)展的初級(jí)階段：
例句：
the childhood of Western civilization.
西方文明的早期