youth

youth, teenager, adolescent, juvenile

名词 youth:

1. a young person (especially a young man or boy)
   同义词：young person, younker, spring chicken
2. young people collectively
   同义词：young
3. the time of life between childhood and maturity
4. early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
5. an early period of development
   同义词：early days
6. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
   同义词：youthfulness, juvenility

1. In his youth he was an extravagant epicurean.
   他年轻时是个花花公子。
2. I can't bear young people casting away their youth.
   我无法忍受年轻人虚掷青春。
3. The fight was started by some youths who had been drinking.
   这场架是一帮喝醉了的小青年惹起的。
4. The youth of the country are being ignored by politicians.
   这个国家的青年没有受到政治家的重视。
5. In his youth, he had shown great promise.
   他在青少年时代就显得很有出息。

youth

n.（名词）
【复数】 youths[yôths, yôYz]

The condition or quality of being young.
年轻：年轻的状况或性质
An early period of development or existence:
初期，成长期：发展或存在的早期：
例句：
a nation in its youth.
建国初期

The time of life between childhood and maturity.
青春期：处于儿童和成年之间的生命时期

A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.
青年，小伙子：年轻人，尤指处于青少年后期的男性
(used with a sing. or pl. verb)Young people considered as a group.
（与单数或复数动词连用）青少年们：被认为是一个团体的年轻人
Geology The first stage in the erosion cycle.
【地质学】 侵蚀的初期：侵蚀圈的第一阶段

来源：
Middle English youthe
中古英语 youthe
from Old English geoguth * see yeu-
源自 古英语 geoguth *参见 yeu-