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词汇 infantile
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Definition of infantile in English:

infantile

adjective ˈɪnf(ə)ntʌɪl
  • 1Of or occurring among babies or very young children.

    婴儿的,幼儿的

    infantile colic

    婴儿急腹痛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The crossover design is unlikely to provide valid evidence because infantile colic is an unstable condition, and the effects of dicyclomine may continue even after a washout period.
    • The staff that was there, we were all crying and we checked the babies out because we're all certified in infantile first aid and CPR.
    • An association between infantile colic and later development of asthma or allergic disease has not been shown.
    • There are plenty of bright shiny colors to keep baby's infantile brain firing on all ten billion synapses until the juice box kicks in.
    • The classification as infantile or juvenile forms depends on the amount of renal disease present.
    • Curves of this magnitude usually have an infantile or juvenile onset rather than an adolescent onset.
    • There is no evidence that simethicone works for infantile colic.
    1. 1.1derogatory Childish.
      〈贬〉幼稚的;孩子气的
      infantile jokes

      幼稚的玩笑。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Alternatively, he may just be a weird and infantile man who keeps a diary.
      • But theirs is not the only movement with infantile fantasies.
      • The criticism traditionally heaped upon science fiction and fantasy - that they are infantile and escapist genres - has always been fairly risible.
      • These beauties spend their time exchanging infantile jokes suitable for the playground.
      • These films are derivative, infantile and suffused with a culture of complaint and delusions of suburban grandeur; and, strangely dated.
      • From this recent example one can see Beijing's infantile, ridiculous and thuggish attitude.
      • They stretched juvenile situations until they were infantile.
      • In response to one writer, I don't think profanity ‘showcases his infantile vocabulary.’
      • It is curious, and probably mildly infantile, that we find the notion of people with opinions so alarming, particularly as other countries appear to manage perfectly well with them.
      • Now I realise that it's been there all along, with its stupid, slobbering tongue and its vacuous, infantile grin.
      • If so, ‘sadly one would have to conclude that the masses are not yet mature enough to give up their infantile fantasies.’
      • We are the laughing stock of Europe with our ridiculously high prices for everything and our stupid infantile government.
      • It's a terrible, infantile longing for really childish flavours.
      • He was infantile, narcissistic, driven, unreasonable and, at times, brilliantly irrational.
      • Perhaps it's because the present makes those old visions of the future look infantile and silly.
      • There is Pricey, an infantile young woman who cares for her rag doll child as if it was alive.
      • Whenever it's time to jack up the joke factor, they become loud, piggish, and infantile.
      • The tragic end that awaits these characters is the result of an infantile lack of communication, which thrives in the high school environment of exaggeration and gossip.
      • And if that sounds like the politics of the playground, it's made all the more infantile because in many ways Cuba has plenty of things that America would dearly love and needs.
      • Better a cheap and infantile joke than no joke at all, or so I thought.
      Synonyms
      childish, babyish, immature, puerile, juvenile, adolescent
      silly, foolish, inane, fatuous, jejune

Derivatives

  • infantility

  • nounɪnf(ə)nˈtɪlɪti
    • His regard is for infantility, not infants.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Civilized infantility refers to the fact that the adults in this society act like infants socially in the goals of their relationships.
      • Infantility, indefinitely prolonged, is also the indefinite prolongation of (false) promise.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin infantilis, from infans, infant- (see infant).

Definition of infantile in US English:

infantile

adjective
  • 1Of or occurring among babies or very young children.

    婴儿的,幼儿的

    infantile colic

    婴儿急腹痛。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The classification as infantile or juvenile forms depends on the amount of renal disease present.
    • The staff that was there, we were all crying and we checked the babies out because we're all certified in infantile first aid and CPR.
    • There are plenty of bright shiny colors to keep baby's infantile brain firing on all ten billion synapses until the juice box kicks in.
    • The crossover design is unlikely to provide valid evidence because infantile colic is an unstable condition, and the effects of dicyclomine may continue even after a washout period.
    • Curves of this magnitude usually have an infantile or juvenile onset rather than an adolescent onset.
    • There is no evidence that simethicone works for infantile colic.
    • An association between infantile colic and later development of asthma or allergic disease has not been shown.
    1. 1.1derogatory Childish.
      〈贬〉幼稚的;孩子气的
      infantile jokes

      幼稚的玩笑。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are the laughing stock of Europe with our ridiculously high prices for everything and our stupid infantile government.
      • He was infantile, narcissistic, driven, unreasonable and, at times, brilliantly irrational.
      • Perhaps it's because the present makes those old visions of the future look infantile and silly.
      • From this recent example one can see Beijing's infantile, ridiculous and thuggish attitude.
      • There is Pricey, an infantile young woman who cares for her rag doll child as if it was alive.
      • These films are derivative, infantile and suffused with a culture of complaint and delusions of suburban grandeur; and, strangely dated.
      • It is curious, and probably mildly infantile, that we find the notion of people with opinions so alarming, particularly as other countries appear to manage perfectly well with them.
      • Better a cheap and infantile joke than no joke at all, or so I thought.
      • Alternatively, he may just be a weird and infantile man who keeps a diary.
      • Whenever it's time to jack up the joke factor, they become loud, piggish, and infantile.
      • It's a terrible, infantile longing for really childish flavours.
      • If so, ‘sadly one would have to conclude that the masses are not yet mature enough to give up their infantile fantasies.’
      • In response to one writer, I don't think profanity ‘showcases his infantile vocabulary.’
      • The tragic end that awaits these characters is the result of an infantile lack of communication, which thrives in the high school environment of exaggeration and gossip.
      • These beauties spend their time exchanging infantile jokes suitable for the playground.
      • Now I realise that it's been there all along, with its stupid, slobbering tongue and its vacuous, infantile grin.
      • And if that sounds like the politics of the playground, it's made all the more infantile because in many ways Cuba has plenty of things that America would dearly love and needs.
      • The criticism traditionally heaped upon science fiction and fantasy - that they are infantile and escapist genres - has always been fairly risible.
      • They stretched juvenile situations until they were infantile.
      • But theirs is not the only movement with infantile fantasies.
      Synonyms
      childish, babyish, immature, puerile, juvenile, adolescent

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin infantilis, from infans, infant- (see infant).

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