1
- relating to or denoting a person at or approaching the age of puberty（人）进入青春期的, 进入发育期的。
2
- Botany & Zoology covered with short soft hair; downy【植, 动】被短柔毛覆盖的, 有绒毛的。
- a person at or approaching the age of puberty发育期的青少年。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French，or from Latin pubescent- 'reaching puberty'，from the verb pubescere.