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 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]