boyhood
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++boy·hood /ˈbɔɪhʊd/ noun [uncountable] PERIOD OF TIMEthe time of a man’s life when he is a boy 〔男性的〕童年时期，少年时代 → girlhood boyhood memories 童年的记忆
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boyhood• But it was a temporary setback that made him even more determined to achieve his boyhood dream.• From a lonely boyhood to being left for dead in some alley, he had never looked to others for strength.• It all looks as it looked in my boyhood, when I was back from school for the summer.• Instead they wanted to offer me their memories of my boyhood.• Never again would classrooms and indeed whole schools in the West Riding be the bleak, barren places of my boyhood.• I spent my boyhood on a farm in Indiana.• Hot Springs boasts of being Clinton's boyhood home and the village of Hope of being his birthplace.• Surreptitious observation had been a habit of his since boyhood, practiced first on wildlife and then on women.• Had Stark known from the beginning that the story of the upstate boyhood was all an invention?boy·hood nounChineseSyllable
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boyhood
boy‧hood /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
noun [uncountable]
the time of a man’s life when he is a boy ⇨ girlhood:
boyhood memories
■ when you are young
▪childhood the time when you are a child, especially a young child: I had a wonderful childhood in the country. | childhood illnesses
▪girlhood/boyhood the time when you are a young girl or boy: The two men had been friends in boyhood. | the transition from girlhood to womanhood
▪youth the time when you are young, especially between about 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child: He was a great sportsman in his youth. | She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth.
▪adolescence the time when you are changing from being a child into an adult – used especially when you are talking about the problems people have at this age: During adolescence, boys are often lacking in self-confidence.
▪infancy formal the time when you are a baby: In the past, many more babies died in infancy.
boy‧hood /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
noun [uncountable]the time of a man’s life when he is a boy ⇨ girlhood:
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