babyhood

/ˈbeɪbihʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbeɪbihʊd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbā-bē-ˌhu̇d/ (ame, mw)

babyhood — noun

1. the stage of life when someone is still a baby, before the years of early childh

1.名詞C1
釋義

the stage of life when someone is still a baby, before the years of early childhood begin.

例句

In family photos, Yuna's babyhood is full of blankets, bottles, and sleepy smiles.

possessive + babyhood in family-memory context

Samir's mother kept a diary about his babyhood in the family's first apartment.

同義詞
  • infancy

    closest synonym; more common in medical or formal writing

  • earliest years

    broader and less exact; can extend beyond the baby stage

  • newborn period

    narrower; only the first days or weeks after birth

反義詞
  • adulthood

    the fully grown stage of life long after babyhood ends

  • maturity

    the developed stage reached much later in life

文法句型

during babyhood

in + possessive + babyhood

from babyhood

since babyhood

用法筆記

Usually appears after in, during, from, or since when people talk about health, development, or very early memories. It is less common and slightly more formal than simply saying when someone was a baby.

常見錯誤

❌I knew her in babyhood and primary school.
✅I knew her from babyhood through primary school.
💡'babyhood' covers only the time when someone was a baby, not the later years as well.
❌These are her babyhood clothes.
✅These are her baby clothes.
💡Use 'baby' before a noun for things made for babies; 'babyhood' names a stage of life.