pu·bes·cent /-sṇt/
(a.)妙齡的,思春期的,有軟毛的
Pu·bes·cent a.
1. Arrived recently at puberty.
That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. --Sir T. Browne.
2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.
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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"
[syn: downy, puberulent, sericeous]