childhood

名词 childhood:

1. the time of person's life when they are a child
2. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
   同义词：puerility

1. Why is it that he rarely mentions his childhood?
   他为什么很少提到他的儿童时代呢？
2. He was my playmate in childhood.
   他是我童年时的玩伴。
3. She fell into a reverie about her childhood.
   她沉浸在对童年往事的遐想中。
4. Childhood is a period of rapid growth.
   幼年是生长迅速的时期。
5. He aspired to leadership even in his childhood.
   童年时代他就渴望当领袖。
6. Mankind learns its first language in early childhood.
   人类是在幼年开始学习第一种语言的。
7. They spend their childhood in happiness.
   他们幸福地度过童年。

child.hood

n.（名词）
The time or state of being a child.
童年：身为儿童的时期或者状态
The early stage in the existence or development of something:
早期：某事物存在或发展的初级阶段：
例句：
the childhood of Western civilization.
西方文明的早期