in·fan·cy
noun/ˈɪnfənsi/
/ˈɪnfənsi/
[uncountable]- the time when a child is a baby or very young
婴儿期；幼儿期 - in infancy to die in infancy
婴儿夭折
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1- Deaths during infancy have fallen dramatically in the last hundred years.
婴儿死亡率在过去的几百年间急剧下降。 - He was ill many times throughout his infancy.
整个婴儿期他曾多次生病。 - She died in infancy.
她于婴儿时期就夭折了。 - Since her infancy she has been a healthy baby.
她从婴儿时身体一直很健康。 - The vaccination is given in early infancy.
出生不久就要接种这种疫苗。 - Their first child did not survive infancy.
他们的第一个孩子在婴儿时期就夭折了。 - from infancy to late childhood
从婴儿期到童年后期 - to survive infancy
渡过婴儿期存活下来
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- survive
- survive beyond
- during infancy
- in infancy
- from infancy
- …
- die in infancy
- in infancy to die in infancy
- the early development of something
初期；初创期 - in its infancy a time when the cinema was still in its infancy
电影业刚刚起步的时期
Extra Examples- This was at a time when the cinema was still in its infancy.
当时电影院还处于起步阶段。 - The new company is still in its infancy.
新公司才刚刚起步。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- survive
- survive beyond
- during infancy
- in infancy
- from infancy
- …
- die in infancy
- in its infancy a time when the cinema was still in its infancy
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infantia ‘childhood, inability to speak’, from infans, infant- ‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’ (from the verb fari).