puberty

noun

/ˈpjuːbəti/

/ˈpjuːbərti/

[uncountable]

the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children青春期
- to reach puberty进入青春期
Wordfinder
- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Collocations The ages of life
The ages of life年龄段Childhood/youth童年／青年时期
- be born and raised/bred in ; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- 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 ironic)活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语）
- be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)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
see also adolescence
- Girls start menstruating at puberty.女孩子在青春期开始来月经。
- I was going through puberty.我正经历青春期。
- She hit puberty a year before any of her friends.她比自己的朋友早一年进入青春期。
- The body undergoes many changes during puberty.青春期时身体发生很多变化。
Topics Life stagesc2
Collocations Dictionary
verb + puberty
- enter
- hit
- reach
- …
preposition
- at puberty
- during puberty
phrases
- the age of puberty
- the onset of puberty
词源late Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes ‘pubic hair, groin, genitals’.

词汇	puberty
释义	puberty noun /ˈpjuːbəti/ /ˈpjuːbərti/ [uncountable] the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children青春期 to reach puberty进入青春期 Wordfinder adolescent immature mixed up naive puberty rebellious sulky tearaway teenager young Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of life年龄段Childhood/youth童年／青年时期 be born and raised/bred in ; into a wealthy/middle-class family 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 ironic)活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)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 see also adolescence Girls start menstruating at puberty.女孩子在青春期开始来月经。 I was going through puberty.我正经历青春期。 She hit puberty a year before any of her friends.她比自己的朋友早一年进入青春期。 The body undergoes many changes during puberty.青春期时身体发生很多变化。 Topics Life stagesc2 Collocations Dictionaryverb + puberty enter hit reach … preposition at puberty during puberty phrases the age of puberty the onset of puberty 词源late Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes ‘pubic hair, groin, genitals’.
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