girlhood

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++girl·hood /ˈɡɜːlhʊd $ ˈɡɜːrl-/ noun [uncountable]  CHILDthe period of her life when a woman is a girl 姑娘时代，少女时期 → boyhood

Examples from the Corpus

girlhood• She spent her girlhood in San Francisco, where her father dabbled in both journalism and the theater.• Particularly in aristocratic circles, young women hardly out of girlhood were married off as political pawns.• The entertainment reminded Alix of the end-of-term pantomime at school, a regular feature of her own girlhood.

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girlhood
girl‧hood /ˈɡɜːlhʊd $ ˈɡɜːrl-/ noun [uncountable]
the period of her life when a woman is a girl ⇨ boyhood
     

THESAURUS

■ 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.

girl·hoodBrE /ˈɡɜːlhʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɜːrlhʊd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (old-fashioned) the time when sb is a girl; the fact of being a girl 少女时期；少女时代；少女