infancy

英 [ˈɪnfənsi]

美 [ˈɪnfənsi]

n.  婴儿期; 幼儿期; 初期; 初创期

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牛津词典

noun

• 婴儿期；幼儿期
  the time when a child is a baby or very young
  1. to die in infancy
     婴儿夭折
• 初期；初创期
  the early development of sth
  1. a time when the cinema was still in its infancy
     电影业尚处于初创的时期

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 婴儿期;幼年
  Infancyis the period of your life when you are a very young child.
  1. ...minute details of Deborah's infancy.
     德博拉幼年生活的详尽细节
  2. ...the development of the mind from infancy onwards.
     从婴儿期开始的心智发展
• N-UNCOUNT 初期;初创阶段
  If something isin its infancy, it is new and has not developed very much.
  1. Computing science was still in its infancy.
     计算科学仍然处于初期阶段。

英英释义

noun

• the earliest state of immaturity
  Synonym:babyhood
• the early stage of growth or development
  Synonym:babyhoodearly childhood

双语例句

• Still, research in this area is in its infancy, the review authors say.
  尽管如此，这方面的研究还处于初级阶段，审查的作者说。
• The industry was still in its infancy.
  这一产业当时仍处于发展初期。
• Their first child died in infancy.
  他们的第一个孩子在幼年夭折。
• The project was cancelled while it was still in its infancy.
  这项目尚处於初期阶段时就取消了。
• Artificial intelligence research is still in its infancy.
  人工智能的研究仍然处于初期阶段。
• This third stage of development of electronics is still in his infancy.
  电子学发展的第三阶段仍处在它的幼年时期。
• The internet was just starting out and in its infancy at the time of my alleged crimes.
  英特网正在仅仅开始出和在它的幼年方面在我的罪行案的时候。
• After infancy, however, the capacity needs to be reinforced by our parents, teachers, friends.
  然而，在过了婴儿期后，这一能力需要由我们的父母、老师、朋友予以加强。
• Of or relating to infants or infancy.
  属于婴儿或婴儿期，或与之有关。
• Out of twenty children of two marriages, ten died in infancy.
  在两次婚姻中生下的二十个孩子，有十个在襁褓中就夭折了。