adjective
1younger, youngest
- having lived or existed for only a short time幼小的; 初期的; 年纪轻的, 年青的：
a young girl
一个年轻女孩
as plural noun the young the young are amazingly resilient.年轻人的恢复能力真是令人吃惊。
1.1
- not as old as the norm or as would be expected夭折的, 早逝的：
more people were dying young.
更多的人英年早逝。
1.2
- attrib. relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of young people年轻人的, 年轻人特有的：
young love
年轻人的爱情
the Young Communist League.
共青团。
1.3
- immature or inexperienced未成熟的; 没经验的：
she's very young for her age.
就她的年龄而言, 她很不成熟。
1.4
- having the qualities popularly associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism年轻人似的; 热情的; 有青春活力的, 朝气蓬勃的; 乐观的：
all those who are young at heart.
所有那些心态依然年轻的人。
1.5
the Younger
used to denote the younger of two people of the same name［用于指两个同姓者中的较年轻者］年龄较小的, 较年轻的：Pitt the Younger.
小皮特。
1.6
younger
postpositive Scottish denoting the heir of a landed commoner〈苏格兰〉平民地主产业的继承人的：Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod.
休·马格纳斯·麦克劳德, 麦克劳德家的土地继承人。
treated as pl.
- offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth（尤指动物尚未产下或刚产下的）崽; 幼畜; 幼禽：
this species carries its young.
这种动物是胎生的。
派生词
youngish
adjective词源
Old English g(e)ong， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to YOUTH; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.