puerile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++puer·ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjective formal STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsilly and stupid 愚蠢的；幼稚的 SYN childish a puerile joke 幼稚的玩笑 —puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
puerile• puerile jokes• It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel.• An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less.• What a puerile thing to say!• I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre.Origin puerile (1500-1600) French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer “boy, child”puer·ile adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus and stupid silly
puerile
puer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/
adjective formal
SYN childish:
a puerile joke
—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti, pjʊˈrɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
puer‧ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/
adjective formal Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer 'boy, child'
silly and stupid Language: French
Origin: puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer 'boy, child'
SYN childish:
—puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti, pjʊˈrɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]