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young

adjective
 
🔊/jʌŋ/
🔊/jʌŋ/
(comparative younger
🔊/ˈjʌŋɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈjʌŋɡər/
, superlative youngest
🔊/ˈjʌŋɡɪst/
🔊/ˈjʌŋɡɪst/
)
Idioms
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  1.  
     having lived or existed for only a short time; not fully developed幼小的；未成熟的
    • Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly.幼儿需要温暖地包裹起来。
    • a young country新成立的国家
    • Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。🔊🔊
    • It's a young wine, not really up to drinking yet.这是一种年轻的葡萄酒，还没有真正饮用。
    • The night is still young (= it has only just started).夜晚刚刚开始。🔊🔊
    • Small businesses, especially young ones, tend to operate on a tight budget. 小型企业，特别是年轻的企业，往往预算紧张。
    opposite old
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    • Fruit Fresh is a young company that is growing fast.“鲜果”是一家成立不久、发展迅速的公司。
    • It's quite a young orchestra.这是一个相当年轻的乐队。
  2.  
     not yet old; not as old as others年轻的；岁数不大的；相对年轻的
    • young people年轻人
    • They sent many young men and women off to war.他们派出许多青年男女参战。
    • My son's thirteen but he's young for his age (= not as developed as other boys of the same age).我儿子十三岁了，但他比实际年龄显得小。🔊🔊
    • I'm too young to remember much about the 1990s.我还太年轻，不记得1990年代的很多情况。
    • They married young (= at an early age).他们结婚很早。🔊🔊
    • My mother died young.我母亲去世得早。🔊🔊
    • She looks much younger than her 39 years. 她看起来比39岁年轻得多。
    • I don't know how families with young children manage to cope.我不知道有小孩子的家庭如何应付。
    • a young girl/boy/adult/person一个年轻女孩/男孩/成人/人
    • In his younger days he played rugby for Wales.他年轻的时候在威尔士队踢橄榄球。🔊🔊
    • I am the youngest of four sisters.我是四姐妹当中最小的。🔊🔊
    • talented young football players天才的年轻足球运动员
    • I met the young Michelle Obama at Princeton.米歇尔 · 奥巴马年轻的时候，我在普林斯顿见过她。🔊🔊
    • Her grandchildren keep her young (= keep her feeling young).她的孙子孙女让她保持年轻。🔊🔊
    opposite old
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    • He seemed quite young to have so much responsibility.要担负如此多的责任，他好像太年轻了。
    • He still looks young for his age.以他的年龄来说，他看起来依然显小。
    • I felt young again.我觉得又年轻了。
    • She looked young enough to be his daughter.她看起来很年轻，可以做他的女儿。
    • She still looks very young.她看起来仍然很年轻。
    • I met the young Bill Clinton at Oxford.我在牛津遇到了年轻的比尔·克林顿。
    • The composer died tragically young, just three days before her thirtieth birthday.作曲家不幸去世，距她三十岁生日仅三天。
    • The team is full of talented young players.该队荟萃了才华横溢的年轻选手。
    • This story is about a handsome young prince who falls in love with a village girl.这个故事是关于一个英俊的年轻王子爱上了一个乡村姑娘的故事。
    Topics Life stagesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    phrases
    • young at heart
    • young for your age
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  3.  
     consisting of young people or young children; with a low average age由年轻人（或儿童）构成的；青少年的；平均年龄小的
    • They have a young family.他们家的孩子还小。🔊🔊
    • a young audience青少年观众
    • This cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family.这栋小别墅对家里有幼儿的夫妇来说非常理想。
  4. suitable or appropriate for young people年轻人的；青年的；适合青年人的 synonym youthful
    • young fashion年轻人的时尚
    • The clothes she wears are much too young for her.她穿的衣服显得过于年轻了。🔊🔊
  5. young man/lady/woman used to show that you are angry or annoyed with a particular young person（对年轻人表示生气或恼怒）
    • I think you owe me an apology, young lady!小姐，我认为你应该向我道歉！🔊🔊
  6. the younger
     used before or after a person’s name to show the difference between them and an older relative（用于姓名之前或之后，以区别于年长的亲戚）
    • the younger Kennedy年纪较轻的那位肯尼迪
    • (British English, formal) William Pitt the younger小威廉 · 皮特
    compare elder, junior
    7. Word OriginOld English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.
Idioms
be getting younger
  1. (informal) used to say that people seem to be doing something at a younger age than they used to, or that they seem younger because you are now older（表示做某事的人好像越来越年轻）
    • The band's fans are getting younger.这支乐队的歌迷越来越年轻了。🔊🔊
    • Why do police officers seem to be getting younger?为什么警察好像越来越年轻了？🔊🔊
not be getting any younger
  1. (informal) used when you are commenting that time is passing and that you are growing older老了；岁月不饶人
    • We need to start thinking about our retirement. We’re not getting any younger, you know.我们需要开始考虑退休。你知道我们没有年轻。
(have) an old head on young shoulders
  1. used to describe a young person who acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age年轻老练；少年老成
young at heart
  1. thinking and behaving like a young person even when you are old人老心不老
    • My father is 76 but he’s still young at heart.我父亲今年76岁，但他还很年轻。
    • He's over 70, but he's young at heart.他 70 多岁了，但内心依然年轻。
you’re only young once
  1. (saying) young people should enjoy themselves as much as possible, because they will have to work and worry later in their lives行乐当及年少时；青春只有一次

young

noun
 
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[plural]
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  1.  
    the young
    young people considered as a group（统称）年轻人，青年人
    • It's a movie that will appeal to the young.这部电影年轻人会感兴趣。🔊🔊
    • It's a book for young and old alike.这本书老少咸宜。🔊🔊
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     young animals of a particular type or that belong to a particular mother幼崽；幼兽；幼鸟
    • a mother bird feeding her young喂养幼鸟的鸟妈妈
    • Young in the nest may compete for food.巢中的年轻人可能会争夺食物。
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    • It carries its young on its back.它把幼崽背在背上。
    • The females stay close to their young.雌性保持接近年轻。
    • They catch insects to feed their hungry young.他们捉昆虫来喂养他们饥饿的年轻人。
    • the lion's young狮子的年轻
    3. Word OriginOld English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.