callow
adjective /ˈkæləʊ/
/ˈkæləʊ/
(formal, disapproving)- young and without experience
synonym inexperienced幼稚无经验的;未谙世事的 - a callow youth
乳臭未干的年轻人
Collocations DictionaryCallow is used with these nouns:- youth
词源Old English calu ‘bald’, of West Germanic origin, probably from Latin calvus ‘bald’. This was extended to mean ‘unfledged’, which led to the present sense ‘immature’. - a callow youth