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pubescent a. 妙齡的,思春期的,有軟毛的 妙齡的,思春期的,有軟毛的 pubescent adj 1: ( of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty ( the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; " the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy" 2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; " downy milkweed seeds" [ synonym: { downy}, { pubescent}, { puberulent}, { sericeous}] Pubescent \ Pu* bes" cent\ ( p[- u]" b[ e^] s" sent), a. [ L. pubescens, - entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.] 1. Arrived recently at puberty. [ 1913 Webster] That . . . the men ( are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants. [ 1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for " pubescent": adolescent, attenuate, attenuated, bristly, bushy, cirrose, dainty, delicate, downy, feathery, filmy, fine, fine- drawn, fine- grained, finespun, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, maturescent, nubile, pilose, refined, satin, satiny, shagged, shaggy, silky, smooth, thin- spun, unshorn, velutinous, velvety, wiredrawn, woolly
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