late 15c., from Middle French puérilité (15c.), from Latin puerilitatem (nominative puerilitas) "childishness," from puerilis "boyish, youthful; childish, trivial, silly," from puer "child, boy," from PIE *pau- (1) "few, little," with sense extended to "small, young" (cognates: Latin putus "boy," Sanskrit putrah "son, boy," Avestan puthra- "son, child;" see few (adj.)).
双语例句
1. There was always, in her conversation, the same odd mixture of audacity and puerility.
她的谈吐非常奇特,总是那么既大胆放肆同时又天真无邪.
来自辞典例句
2. Puerility is kind of a desire - free state.
天真是一种没有欲望的状态.
来自互联网
英英释意
1. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
2. a property characteristic of a child
实用场景例句
There was always, in her conversation, the same odd mixture of audacity and puerility.
