Stripling

(n.) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

整理:贾丝廷

• Italy was as yet a mere stripling. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I soon saw that I was mistaken: that the prince was a young stripling, and did not meet expectations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This boy is a stripling of fifteen--slight, and tall of his years. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Thus then I should meet this titled stripling--the son of my father's friend. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We marked the difference of character among the boys, and endeavoured to read the future man in the stripling. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

校对:马特