形 （小； 未成年） young，under age；名 （小孩） children，the young ；

[例句] 亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。 Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.

[例句] 雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。 The hen may not be able to feed its young.

child，infant，nestling，runabout，cheeper ；

[例句] 安妮把床铺都整理好，然后把幼儿室收拾停当。 Anne made the beds and tidied up the nursery.

[例句] 学步幼儿的蹒跚脚步 a toddler's first few halting steps

young，childish，puerile，naive，babyhood ；

[例句] 他愤怒地反击，说这些话太过幼稚。 He hit back angrily, saying such remarks were childishly simplistic.

[例句] 他真没想到如此见多识广的部长竟会这么幼稚。 He had not expected such crudity from so sophisticated a minister.

[生] the young，larva ；

[例句] 大多数海洋腹足纲软体动物在某些幼体阶段形成一种有纤毛的游泳器官。 Most marine gastropod mollusks develop a ciliate swimming organ in certain larval stages.

[例句] 毛虫是蝴蝶的幼体. A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.

larva，larvi-，grub，nit ；

[例句] 由于幼虫对药物有免疫力，因此必须经常喷药。 Because of the immunity of the immature insects, it'simportant to spray regularly.

[例句] 幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。 The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.

seedling，plant，sapling ；

[例句] 幼苗通常都会放在冷床里越冬。 The young seedlings are usually wintered in a cold frame.

[例句] 保持土壤湿润，那样幼苗就能茁壮成长。 Keep the soil moist. That way, the seedling will flourish.

budlet，plumule，soot，germen，plumelet ；

[例句] 看到这精彩的演出,怎能不为这艺术幼芽的成长而感到万分欣喜呢? I was elated to see the rapid development of the people's cultural life.

[例句] 然后幼芽被妥善的接到砧木的切割处. The scion is then securely a cut on the rootstock.

nursery school，infants' school，kindergarten，[电影]Kindergarten；

[例句] 孩子们先上幼儿园，然后上学前班，再接着上小学。 Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.

[例句] 自从我们上幼儿园起，你就是我最好的朋友。 You've been my best friend ever since we started in the infants.

naive，babyish，[医] infantile，juvenile，childish ；

[例句] 我对自己写出这么幼稚的东西感到羞愧。 I'm ashamed of the babyish nonsense I write.

[例句] 我们终于对他幼稚的行为忍无可忍. We eventually ran out of patience with his childish behaviour.

immature，young，infantile ；

[例句] 注意儿童或其他幼小动物。 Watch any young human being, or any other young animal.

[例句] 这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一项运动就是水下三轮车比赛. A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race.

the youngest son ；

[例句] 袋鼠和考拉熊产非常幼小虚弱的幼子. Kangaroos and koala bears give birth to very small and weak young.

[例句] 一位母亲,她的幼子住院了. A mother whose young son have go into hospital.

birdling ；

[例句] 亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。 Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.

[例句] 雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。 The hen may not be able to feed its young.

joey，kit，cub，get，whelp ；

[例句] 幼兽挤在一起取暖. The cubs cuddle up together for warmth.

[例句] 结果, 新生的食蚁兽幼兽往往被它的父母遗弃. As a consequence, newborn baby anteaters are often discarded by their parents.

treelet，earsh，sapling ；

[例句] 枯死的榆树已被移去而换栽了一排幼树. The dead elms have been replaced by a row of saplings.

[例句] 这些幼树已经扎根了. The young trees have struck root.

spitter，fawn ；

[例句] 那只幼鹿在草地上跳跃着. The young deer were leaping about in the meadow.

[例句] 两只幼鹿无声无息地跑出树林 ( 南希M.德比乌斯 ) Two young deer ghosted out of the woods ( Nancy M. Debevoise )

pup ；

[例句] 幼犬在火炉前打滚. The puppies were rolling in front of the fire.

[例句] 虽然DJ还只是一只幼犬, 但它清楚地显示出了边境牧羊犬的典型斑纹. DJ is only a pup, but he clearly shows the classical markings.

progeny，cub；

[例句] 守护幼崽的母狮 a lioness guarding her cubs

[例句] 最弱小的幼崽 the runt of the litter

infancy ；

[例句] 语言发展的关键期是在幼儿期. The critical period of language development in early childhood.

[例句] 良好的幼儿期教育很重要, 这一点不言而喻. It's a no - brainer, of course , that high - quality child care is important.

little ；

[例句] 这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一项运动就是水下三轮车比赛. A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race.

[例句] 幼小的黄化叶子也可能伴随细胞分裂. Young etiolated leaves may also be accompanied by cell division.

larval，nymphal ；

[例句] 一定的茎秆硬度会致使虫卵损伤和脱水,削移幼虫的移动. A certain degree of stem solidness results in damaged and desiccated eggs and impaired larval movements.

[例句] 这个放大的照片显示一只凶猛风蝶幼虫的头部. A magnified shot shows the head of a tiger swallowtail butterfly larva.