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puerile 音标拼音: [pjur'il] a. 孩子气的,天真的,未成熟的 孩子气的,天真的,未成熟的 puerile adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; " puerile breathing" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; " adolescent insecurity"; " jejune responses to our problems"; " their behavior was juvenile"; " puerile jokes" [ synonym: { adolescent}, { jejune}, { juvenile}, { puerile}] Puerile \ Pu" er* ile\, a. [ L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. pu[' e] ril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. [ 1913 Webster] The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See { Youthful}. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " puerile": asinine, babish, babyish, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, childish, childlike, coltish, foolish, girlish, girllike, immature, inconsequential, infantile, infantine, insignificant, irresponsible, juvenile, kiddish, maiden, maidenly, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, ridiculous, shallow, silly, sophomoric, trivial
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