adolesce是什么意思？

adolesce

英[ædə'les] 美[ædə'les]

• v. <主美>进入青春期，如青春期少年般行事，成长；

例句

• The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12. 儿童在12岁左右开始进入青春期.

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. become adolescent; pass through adolescence;
  "The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12"