childhood
noun /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
[uncountable, countable]Idioms - the period of somebody’s life when they are a child
童年；幼年；孩童时期 - childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
童年、青少年及成年 - He spent his childhood in India.
他在印度度过了童年。 - She had a happy childhood.
她有一个幸福的童年。 - the problem of childhood obesity
儿童肥胖问题 - childhood memories/experiences
童年的回忆／经历 - in/during (somebody's) childhood in early childhood
在婴幼儿时期 - His interest in farming developed during his childhood in Shropshire.
他在什罗普郡的童年时期对农业产生了兴趣。 - memories from childhood
童年的记忆 - books you remember from your childhood
你童年时记得的书 - We have known each other since childhood.
我们从小就认识。 - a TV show he's loved since his childhood
他从小就喜欢的电视节目 - a childhood friend
童年伙伴。 - her childhood home
她童年的家 - He married his childhood sweetheart.
他和青梅竹马的恋人结婚了。 - childhood cancer/leukaemia/asthma
儿童癌症/白血病/哮喘 - funds for early childhood education
幼儿教育基金
Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of life年龄段 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
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
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
Topics Life stagesb1- From earliest childhood she'd had a love of dancing.
她打小就喜欢跳舞。 - He became diabetic during childhood.
他童年时就得了糖尿病。 - He spent most of his childhood in Egypt.
他童年大部份时间在埃及度过。 - He travelled a lot throughout his childhood.
他整个童年经常旅行。 - He was moved from family to family throughout his childhood.
他整个童年动荡不定，从一家转到另一家。 - Her second son didn't survive childhood.
她的二儿子夭折了。 - His health remained poor into later childhood.
直到少年时期，他的健康状况还是很糟。 - I remembered my own childhood fondly.
我满怀深情地回忆起了自己的童年。 - She died in childhood.
她夭折了。 - She still retained many friends from childhood.
她至今还有许多童年时的朋友。 - He lived in the same house throughout his childhood.
他整个童年都住在同一栋房子里。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- carefree
- good
- happy
- …
- have
- spend
- recall
- …
- days
- years
- event
- …
- during childhood
- from childhood
- in childhood
- …
- scenes from somebody’s childhood
词源Old English cildhād (see child, -hood). - childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
Idioms
a/somebody’s second childhood
- a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again
老小孩时期；行为像小孩的晚年时期