young, youthful, juvenile, adolescent

名詞 young:

1. any immature animal
   同義詞：offspring
2. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
   同義詞：Loretta Young
3. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
   同義詞：Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.
4. British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
   同義詞：Thomas Young
5. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
   同義詞：Pres Young, Lester Willis Young
6. English poet (1683-1765)
   同義詞：Edward Young
7. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
   同義詞：Cy Young, Danton True Young
8. United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
   同義詞：Brigham Young
9. young people collectively
   同義詞：youth

形容詞 young:

1. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
   同義詞：immature
2. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
   同義詞：new
3. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
   同義詞：youthful, vernal
4. being in its early stage
5. not tried or tested by experience
   同義詞：unseasoned, untested, untried

1. The evening is still young.
   晚間剛開始不久。
2. The young look is in fashion this year.
   今年時(shí)興扮年輕人的樣子。
3. I can't play squash twice a week: I'm not as young as I was, you know!
   我不能一星期打兩次壁球了，我的體力大不如前了，你要知道！
4. This is a book for young and old (alike).
   這本書老少咸宜。
5. Those clothes she's wearing are much too young for her.
   她穿的那些衣服顯得太年輕了。
6. Of course long walks tire you out you're not getting any younger, you know.
   當(dāng)然走長路能把你累壞的--青春不再，你要知道。
7. The young in our society need careand protection.
   我們社會的年輕人需要受到關(guān)懷和愛護(hù)。
8. This young girl is my daughter.
   這個(gè)年輕的女孩是我的女兒。

young

adj.（形容詞）
young.er,young.est
Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
年幼的：處于生命、發(fā)展或成長的早期的
Newly begun or formed; not advanced:
早期的：剛開始或剛形成的；未發(fā)展的：
例句：
The evening is still young.
暮色初臨

Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life:
年輕的，幼小的：年輕的或生命早期的，屬于或暗示這一階段的：
例句：
He is young for his age.
他對于他的年齡顯得小

Vigorous or fresh; youthful.
充滿活力的：充滿活力的或精力充沛的；朝氣蓬勃的
Lacking experience; immature:
初出茅廬的：缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)的；不成熟的：
例句：
a young hand at plowing.
犁田的新手

Being the junior of two people having the same name.
年齡較小的：同名的兩人中年齡較小的
Geology Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.
【地質(zhì)學(xué)】 早期階段的：地質(zhì)圈中處于早期階段的，用于水體和陸地的形成
n.（名詞）
Young persons considered as a group; youth:
年輕一代：作為整體的年輕人；年輕人：
例句：
entertainment for the young.
年輕人的娛樂

Offspring; brood:
后代；子孫：
例句：
a lioness with her young.
帶小獅的母獅

<習(xí)慣用語>with young
Pregnant.
懷孕的
來源：
Middle English yong
中古英語 yong
from Old English geong * see yeu-
源自 古英語 geong *參見 yeu-

【引伸】
young.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>young,youthful,adolescent,immature,juvenile,puerile,greenThese adjectives are compared as they mean of, relating to, characteristic of, or being in an early period of growth or development.
把這些形容詞進(jìn)行比較是因?yàn)?，它們表示處于成長或發(fā)展的早期的、或與此相關(guān)的或以此為特征。
Young is the most general of the terms:
Young 是這些詞中最一般的一個(gè)：
例句：
a young child.
一個(gè)小孩。

Youthful suggests characteristics, such as enthusiasm, freshness, or energy, that are associated with youth:
Youthful 暗示著與青春有關(guān)的特性；如熱情、朝氣或精力：
例句：
youthful ardor.
年輕人的銳氣。

Adolescent specifically implies the characteristics of those in the period between childhood and maturity:
Adolescent 特指處于兒童和成熟期之間的那些人的特征：
例句：
adolescent insecurity.
青春期不穩(wěn)定。

Immature applies to what is not yet fully grown or developed;the term sometimes suggests that someone falls short of an expected level of maturity:
Immature 用于未充分成長或發(fā)展的人和事；它有時(shí)暗示著某人達(dá)不到預(yù)期的成熟水平：
例句：
an emotionally immature adult.
情感不成熟的成年人。

Juvenile connotes immaturity, often childishness:
Juvenile 表示不成熟，常常是孩子氣：
例句：
the juvenile pranks of the conventioneers.
參加集會的人的幼稚的惡作劇。

Puerile is used derogatorily to suggest silliness, foolishness, or infantilism:
Puerile 貶義性地暗示愚蠢、傻氣或幼稚：
例句：
a puerile joke.
愚蠢的笑話。

Green implies lack of training or experience and sometimes callowness:
Green 表示缺乏訓(xùn)練或經(jīng)驗(yàn)，而且有時(shí)笨拙：
例句：
The crew couldn`t deal with the emergency.They were all green recruits.
乘務(wù)員們不能應(yīng)付緊急情況。他們都是新手