pubescent
adjective /pjuːˈbesnt/
/pjuːˈbesnt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- in the period of a person’s life when they are changing physically from a child to an adult
Topics Life stagesc2青春期的;到达发育期的 词源mid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin pubescent- ‘reaching puberty’, from the verb pubescere.