callow

英 ['kæləʊ] 美 ['kælo]
  • adj. 年轻而无经验的;羽毛未丰的
  • n. (Callow)人名;(英)卡洛

助记提示


1. 与cub, calf同源,符合首辅音表词类含义的规则,由此引申出该词的含义。
2. 形近词:wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
3. call + low, 叫声低的小鸟 > 未生羽毛的
4. Calvin (卡尔文、加尔文) => Latin calvus "bald" => callow.
5. From young birds with no feathers, meaning extended to any young inexperienced thing or creature.

双语例句


1. He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.
他进报社时还是个乳臭未干的小子.

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2. Like callow birds left desert to the skies.
你的庇护,它们就要战栗--就象/那羽翼未丰的小鸟给撇下在天空里.

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3. He was only a callow youth.
他只是个无经验的年轻人.

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4. Thin - walled cells of callow stirpe's cortex contain saliferous vacuoles, and pulp cells contain crystals. "
幼茎皮层薄壁细胞中含有含盐液泡泡, 髓细胞中含有晶体.

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5. I believed a lot of things in my callow youth that I do not believe now.
在我年轻尚无经验时相信的许多事情,现在我不相信了.

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