precocious
adjective /prɪˈkəʊʃəs/
/prɪˈkəʊʃəs/
(sometimes disapproving)- (of a child
) having developed particular abilities and ways of behaving at a much younger age than usual儿童 (能力或行为)早熟的 - a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5
5 岁便开始演艺生涯的超常儿童 - sexually precocious
性早熟 - From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music.
她年纪轻轻就表现出不凡的音乐天赋。
Collocations DictionaryPrecocious is used with these nouns:- child
- talent
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin praecox, praecoc- (from praecoquere ‘ripen fully’, from prae ‘before’ + coquere ‘to cook’) + -ious. - a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5