| 单词 | puerile |
| 释义 | puerileWord family nounpuerilismpuerilityadjectivepuerile puer·ile /ˈpjʊəraɪl $ ˈpjʊrəl/ adjectiveadj formal STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsilly and stupid 愚蠢的；幼稚的 SYN childish a puerile joke 幼稚的玩笑 —puerility /pjʊˈrɪləti/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus puerile• puerile jokes• It is true that one can scan a whole evening's programmes and find only puerile junk on every channel.• An apparently astonishing claim, and a puerile one too, but true none the less.• What a puerile thing to say!• I have devoted myself to knowledge, while you prefer puerile things like prose, rhythm and metre. (1500-1600) French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer “boy, child” |
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