puberty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pu·ber·ty /ˈpjuːbəti $ -ər-/ noun [uncountable] HBHthe stage of physical development during which you change from a child to an adult and are able to have children 青春期 Fourteen is a fairly normal age for a girl to reach puberty. 14 岁是女孩进入青春期相当正常的一个年龄。
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puberty• But I fear that when she passes through the phalanx of middle school and puberty, that may change.• Life events can be developmental in nature: weaning, toilet training and puberty are examples that characterise all people's lives.• In Darcy's Utopia you will not see the eyes of the child dulling, the brow furrowing, as puberty arrives.• She helps the girls understand issues such as puberty, hygiene, boys, crime, and drugs.• As you know, a variety of physical and emotional changes take place during puberty.• Then one day we stumbled into puberty and found that our adolescence coincided with the struggle for national independence.• All the unspoken mysteries of puberty tremble in the air.• Even though I had just reached puberty, Boden saw me as a Bolshevik.reach puberty• A trust is imposed on the heirs that they should manumit four slaves when the testator's children reach puberty.• Half of all girls in this country reach puberty by the age of 10, it has been claimed.• Even though I had just reached puberty, Boden saw me as a Bolshevik.• And when they reach puberty they start attacking their owners.Origin puberty (1300-1400) Latin pubertas, from puber “pubescent”pu·ber·ty nounChineseSyllable
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puberty
pu‧ber‧ty /ˈpjuːbəti $ -ər-/
noun [uncountable]
Fourteen is a fairly normal age for a girl to reach puberty.
pu‧ber‧ty /ˈpjuːbəti $ -ər-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: pubertas, from puber 'pubescent'
the stage of physical development during which you change from a child to an adult and are able to have children:Language: Latin
Origin: pubertas, from puber 'pubescent'
Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期
be born and raised/bred in Oxford;be born into a wealthy/middle-class family在牛津出生并长大；在富裕／中产家庭出生 have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)是独生子 reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty进入／经历青春期 be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 undergo/experience physical/psychological changes经历生理／心理变化 give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 assert your independence/individuality维护独立／个性
Adulthood 成年
leave school/university/home中学／大学毕业；离家 go out to work (at sixteen)（16 岁）投身工作 get/find a job/partner找到工作／伴侣 be/get engaged/married订婚；结婚 have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 settle down and have kids/children/a family安定下来并生儿育女 begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点 reach/be well into/settle into middle age进入／安度中年 have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis经历中年危机 take/consider early retirement提前退休；考虑提前退休 approach/announce/enjoy your retirement临近／宣布／享受退休
Old age 老年
have/see/spend time with your grandchildren有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 take up/pursue/develop a hobby开始／追求／培养一种爱好 get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 approach/save for/die from old age临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 live to a ripe old age高寿 reach the grand old age of 102/23( often
活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile( often
变得衰老（常作反语） die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世