boyhood
/ˈbɔɪhʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɔɪhʊd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbȯi-ˌhu̇d/ (ame, mw)
boyhood — 名詞
- boyhoodsingular
- boyhoodsplural
1. the period of a male human's life before he becomes an adult, from birth until a
童年；少年時代
男孩成長的時期
the period of a male human's life before he becomes an adult, from birth until around the early teenage years
Lin's happiest boyhood memories were of summers at his grandmother's cottage by the lake.
Lin 最快樂的童年記憶是和祖母在湖邊小屋度過的夏天。
possessive + boyhood + memories — common pattern
The old photograph reminded Amir of his carefree boyhood in a small Moroccan fishing village.
那張舊照片讓 Amir 想起了他在摩洛哥小漁村無憂無慮的童年。
of + possessive + boyhood — describing past period
During his boyhood, Javier helped his father deliver newspapers every morning before school.
Javier 少年時期每天清晨上學前都會幫父親送報紙。
Many of the toys from Tom's boyhood are now displayed in a local history museum.
Tom 童年的許多玩具現在都陳列在當地歷史博物館裡。
Samira wrote a children's book about her brother's boyhood adventures in rural Taiwan.
Samira 寫了一本兒童繪本，內容是她哥哥在臺灣鄉下的童年冒險。
- childhood
the general term that includes both boys and girls
- youth
often focuses on teenage years rather than early childhood
- adolescence
specifically the teenage developmental years, not early childhood
文法句型
possessive + boyhood
during/in/since + possessive + boyhood
用法筆記
Refers only to the male experience of childhood; the general term for both sexes is 'childhood', and the female equivalent is 'girlhood'.