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child(hood)/childish/childlike/childless

What do they mean?

child孩子；兒童noun（複數children）

child可指“男孩或女孩”。

• Is this book suitable for a child of five?

這本書適合5歲的兒童閱讀嗎？

childhood童年noun

childhood指“一個人的孩童時期”。它可以像形容詞那樣用在另一名詞之前。

• Although her parents were poor, Alice had a very happy childhood.

雖然她父母很窮，但愛麗斯有個幸福童年。

childish孩子氣；幼稚的adjective

childish形容“典型孩子特徵的行為舉止，形容成年人或年紀較大的孩子有如此表現，一般人用來表達不滿”。

• Alan is sulking because he lost – he is so childish!

阿倫因輸掉比賽而悶悶不樂—他真孩子氣！

childlike孩子似的；天真爛漫的adjective

childlike形容“孩子有的典型品質”，通常形容具有這些品質的成年人。

• Joe suddenly had a childlike desire to climb the tree.

祖突然起了孩子般的衝動，他想爬上這棵樹。

childless無兒女的adjective

childless表示“某人沒有兒女”。

• The orphaned girl was raised by her father’s childless sister.

這個孤女由沒有兒女的姑姐撫養成人。

Fill in the blanks.

1　In a_______fit of rage, Anna threw the book across the room.

2　The_______played happily together in the garden.

3　Grandma took us to see her_______home.

4　The people had a_______trust in their leader.

5　An ambulance took the injured_______to the hospital.