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BNC: 228 COCA: 234

young

1 young /ˈjʌŋ/ adjective
younger /ˈjʌŋgɚ/ ; youngest /-gəst/ /ˈjʌŋgəst/
1 young
/ˈjʌŋ/
adjective
younger /ˈjʌŋgɚ/ ; youngest /-gəst/ /ˈjʌŋgəst/
Learner's definition of YOUNG
: in an early stage of life, growth, or development : not yet old幼小的;年轻的
: recently formed, produced, started, etc.新近组成的;新生产的;新创立的

not getting any younger

informal + humorous
used to say that someone is getting older and may not have much more time to do something老了,岁月不饶人(用于指某人日渐衰老,没有更多时间做某事)

the younger

used in comparing the ages of two people who are members of the same family(两个家庭成员中)年龄较小的那个
used to refer to the younger of two people (such as a father and son) who have the same name小(用于指同名父子等两人中较年轻的那个)

years young

informal
used to describe an older person's age in a way that is meant to suggest that the person still looks or feels young用于指老年人年龄虽大,仍显年轻

you're only young once

used to say that people should enjoy themselves while they are young年轻只有一次(用于表示人们应当趁年轻享受人生)
2 young /ˈjʌŋ/ noun
2 young
/ˈjʌŋ/
noun
Learner's definition of YOUNG
the young : young people年轻人
[plural] : young animals, birds, etc.幼崽;雏鸟

young and old

: young and old people老老少少;不论长幼
BNC: 228 COCA: 234

young

1 of 2

adjective

younger ˈyəŋ-gər How to pronounce young (audio) ; youngest ˈyəŋ-gəst How to pronounce young (audio)
1
a
: being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development
c
: of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink
fresh young lamb
a young wine
2
: having little experience
3
a
: recently come into being : new
a young publishing company
4
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person
young at heart
5
capitalized : representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement
youngish adjective
youngness noun

young

2 of 2

noun

plural young
1
plural
a
: young persons : youth
b
: immature offspring
used especially of animals
2
: a single recently born or hatched animal
Phrases
with young
of a female animal

Example Sentences

Adjective He looks young for his age. A very nice young man greeted us at the door. Young people today have a lot of opportunities. He dreamed of being an artist when he was young. The movie isn't suitable for young viewers. He's still too young to buy alcohol legally. Our youngest daughter just started school. When I was young,” the man said, “the world was a different place.” The season is still young. Noun music that appeals to the young The very young and the elderly are particularly sensitive to the disease. a robin feeding her young The young of a wolf are called pups. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Cannabis use during pregnancy linked to behavioral issues in young children. Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Those facing the highest risk are infants and young children, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and pregnant people. Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Officers were first alerted to the situation around 1:40 a.m. after a family member called 911 with concerns that their relative may have harmed her three young children. Pilar Arias | Fox News, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022 Three young children have died after being found on a Coney Island beach early Monday morning, according to the New York City Police Department. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022 With their hands full with three young children, the couple still isn't ruling out the possibility of having more. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Three young children, one just 3 months old, died after police discovered them unresponsive early Monday on the beach at New York's Coney Island and detained their mother for questioning, authorities said. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Catherine, for her part, focused on young children in the crowd, bending down low to speak to them warmly face-to-face. Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Several cities have moved ahead with efforts using private money: Oakland pledged to give 600 low-income families $500 for 18 months, and in San Diego, some families with young children will get $500 a month for two years. Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
Noun
Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022 In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn’t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 11 May 2022 Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022 Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022 The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022 Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English yong, from Old English geong; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of young was before the 12th century
BNC: 228 COCA: 234
young

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBSbe, feel, look, seem年輕;覺得年輕;看上去年輕;顯得年輕I felt young again.我覺得又年輕了。keep保持年輕All that exercise keeps her young.所有那些鍛煉使她保持年輕。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常年輕She still looks very young.她看起來仍然很年輕。relatively相當年輕He seemed relatively young to have so much responsibility.要擔負如此多的責任,他好像太年輕了。enough年輕得足以⋯She looked young enough to be his daughter.她看起來很年輕,可以做他的女兒。PHRASESyoung at heart內心年輕He's over 70, but he's young at heart.他 70 多歲了,但內心依然年輕。young for your age看起來比實際年紀小He still looks young for his age.以他的年齡來說,他看起來依然顯小。

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