Word · Frequency #22424
callow
年轻而无经验的；幼稚的；不成熟的
young and inexperienced
- 1.
Immature, inexperienced, or naive.
不成熟的、缺乏经验的或天真的。
- 2.
having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.
没有毛发的；秃的、光秃的、无毛的。
- 3.
Of a brick: unburnt.
指砖:未烧制的。
- 4.
Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.
指幼鸟或其身体(部分):尚未长出羽毛；无羽的、未长羽的；因此也指其他动物或其身体:没有毛皮或毛发的；无毛皮的、无毛的、无绒毛的。
- 5.
In the life cycle of an animal: newly born or hatched; juvenile.
在动物的生命周期中:刚出生或孵化的；幼年的。
- 6.
Synonym of teneral (“of certain insects or other arthropods such as spiders: lacking colour or firmness just after ecdysis (“shedding of the exoskeleton”)”).
是teneral的同义词(指某些昆虫或其他节肢动物如蜘蛛:在蜕皮(脱去外骨骼)后缺乏颜色或硬度)。
羽毛未丰的；未长齐羽毛的；不成熟的、缺乏经验的或天真的。；没有毛发的；秃的、光秃的、无毛的。；指砖:未烧制的。；指幼鸟或其身体(部分):尚未长出羽毛；无羽的、未长羽的；因此也指其他动物或其身体:没有毛皮或毛发的；无毛皮的、无毛的、无绒毛的。
In use
The callow reporter asked the same question twice during the interview.
His callow opinion about finance changed after he worked in a bank.
The coach could see that the callow player still needed more training.
callow + noun
callow 作定语时多修饰人，常含“乳臭未干、缺乏经验”的意味。
In his callow youth, he believed everything he read.
在年轻不懂事的岁月里，他相信自己读到的一切。
sb be callow
作表语时，callow 的主语通常是人，表示“幼稚、缺乏经验”。
The new manager is still callow and needs guidance.
这位新经理还很不成熟，需要指导。
be too callow to do sth
“too callow to do sth”表示“因太缺乏经验而不能做某事”，常用于批评性语境。
Connections
Collocations
- callow youth
- 乳臭未干的青年；幼稚的年轻人
- The novel follows a callow youth who learns about love and loss.这部小说讲述了一个不谙世事的年轻人在爱与失去中成长的故事。
- callow recruit
- 缺乏经验的新兵；新来的生手
- The sergeant was patient with the callow recruits in his training platoon.中士对他训练排里那些缺乏经验的新兵很有耐心。
- callow adolescence
- 青涩的青春期
- Looking back at his callow adolescence, he cringed at his own arrogance.回首自己青涩的青春期，他为当年的自以为是感到难堪。
- callow politician
- 稚嫩的政治人物，缺乏经验的政治家
- The debate showed how callow the young politician still was.这场辩论显示出这位年轻政客仍然多么稚嫩。
Synonyms
- immature
- 不成熟的；行为或情感上不够成熟的 · immature 更通用，可指生理或心理未成熟；callow 侧重因年轻而缺乏经验，带一点书面或轻蔑色彩。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：callow 像“卡楼”，小牛(calf)在低(low)处，既年轻又没经验，羽毛未丰。仅作记忆提示，非词源。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学叙述、评论文章 callow 意为“年轻而无经验的”，属于较正式的用词，多用于书面语或文学、评论性文字中，日常口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
多形容年轻人缺乏经验，含轻微贬义；也可指鸟羽未丰。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些 -allow 词（fallow、hallow、shallow、sallow、tallow）与 callow 押韵，均以 /loʊ/ 结尾；allow 形似但读作 /əˈlaʊ/，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.