child·hood
noun/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
[uncountable, countable]Idioms - the period of somebody’s life when they are a child
童年；幼年；孩童时期 - childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
童年、青少年及成年 - He spent his childhood in India.
他在印度度过了童年。 - She had a happy childhood.
她有一个幸福的童年。 - the problem of childhood obesity
儿童肥胖问题 - childhood memories/experiences
童年的回忆／经历 - in/during (somebody's) childhood in early childhood
在婴幼儿时期 - His interest in farming developed during his childhood in Shropshire.
他对农业的兴趣是在什罗普郡度过的童年时期产生的。 - memories from childhood
童年的回忆 - books you remember from your childhood
你小时候记得的书 - We have known each other since childhood.
我们从小就认识。 - a TV show he's loved since his childhood
他从小就喜欢的电视节目 - a childhood friend
童年伙伴。 - her childhood home
她童年的家 - He married his childhood sweetheart.
他与青梅竹马的恋人结婚了。 - childhood cancer/leukaemia/asthma
儿童癌症/白血病/哮喘 - funds for early childhood education
幼儿教育基金
Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of lifeChildhood/youth- be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood
- grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm
- be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)
- reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty
- be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties
- undergo/experience physical/psychological changes
- give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure
- assert your independence/individuality
- leave school/university/home
- go out to work (at sixteen)
- get/find a job/partner
- be/get engaged/married
- have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job
- settle down and have kids/children/a family
- begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)
- prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career
- reach/be well into/settle into middle age
- have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis
- take/consider early retirement
- approach/announce/enjoy your retirement
- have/see/spend time with your grandchildren
- take up/pursue/develop a hobby
- get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension
- approach/save for/die from old age
- live to a ripe old age
- reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)
- be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)
- die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1- From earliest childhood she'd had a love of dancing.
她打小就喜欢跳舞。 - He became diabetic during childhood.
他童年时就得了糖尿病。 - He spent most of his childhood in Egypt.
他童年大部份时间在埃及度过。 - He travelled a lot throughout his childhood.
他整个童年经常旅行。 - He was moved from family to family throughout his childhood.
他整个童年动荡不定，从一家转到另一家。 - Her second son didn't survive childhood.
她的二儿子夭折了。 - His health remained poor into later childhood.
直到少年时期，他的健康状况还是很糟。 - I remembered my own childhood fondly.
我满怀深情地回忆起了自己的童年。 - She died in childhood.
她夭折了。 - She still retained many friends from childhood.
她至今还有许多童年时的朋友。 - He lived in the same house throughout his childhood.
他的整个童年时期都住在同一所房子里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- carefree
- good
- happy
- …
- have
- spend
- recall
- …
- days
- years
- event
- …
- during childhood
- from childhood
- in childhood
- …
- scenes from somebody’s childhood
Word OriginOld English cildhād (see child, -hood). - childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
Idioms
a/somebody’s second childhood
- a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again
老小孩时期；行为像小孩的晚年时期