Puberty



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.青春期, 春情发动期
• ［英］ n.青春期, 春情发动期 ( marked by maturing of the genital organs)
• ［记］ puber ( 成熟) ＋ty -> 进入成熟 -> 青春期
• ［同］ 同根词: pubescent ( 到达青春期的)
• ［例］ During puberty, boys′ voices get lower.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English puberte, from Latin pubertas, from puber pubescent
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the condition of being or the period of becoming first capable of reproducing sexually marked by maturing of the genital organs, development of secondary sex characteristics, and in the human and in higher primates by the first occurrence of menstruation in the female
• 2. the age at which puberty occurs often construed legally as 14 in boys and 12 in girls

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