underage

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ŭn-dər-ājʹ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deficit or shortfall in funds, inventory, or capacity.
形容词 adj.
  1. Below the legal age (usually age 18 or 21) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse. not-comparable
    — underage drinking
  2. Not yet a legal adult; still a minor. not-comparable
    — underage offender
  3. Limited to players below a certain age; junior. Ireland,not-comparable
    — Even if an underage team is stacked with talent, there is still only one senior team they can graduate to and there are a finite amount of places.

词形变化

under age alternative underages plural

词汇关系

近义词
minor
并列词
of age overage

词源

词源 1
From under- + age.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English under
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English underage
From under + -age.
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