youth S2 W2 / juθ / 名词 ( 复数形式 youths / juðz $ juðz, juθs / )

1 [不可数名词] the period of time when someone is young, especially the period when someone is a teenager → old age

in sb’s youth

Many of these people had used drugs in their youth.

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In everyday English, people usually say when I was young , rather than saying in my youth :

They were friends when they were young .

2 [可数名词] a teenage boy – used especially in newspapers to show disapproval :

a gang of youths

3 [不可数名词] young people in general

the youth of something

The youth of today are the pensioners of tomorrow.

4 [不可数名词] the quality or state of being young 反义词 age :

Despite his youth, he had travelled alone.

The cream will restore youth and vitality to your skin.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

spend your youth She spent her youth in India.

relive/recapture your youth (= do things you did when young, to try and experience youth again ) The band’s fans are clearly reliving their youth. | The sports car is an attempt to recapture his youth.

短语

a misspent youth (= spent doing things that were bad or not useful ) He is trying to make up for his misspent youth.

your lost youth (= the time long ago when you were young ) He wept for his lost youth.

the days/dreams/friends etc of sb’s youth He had long ago forgotten the dreams of his youth.