puerile
🇬🇧 UK/'pjuәrail/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Childishly silly or immature; not appropriate for an adult
幼稚的,孩子气的,不成熟的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpuerroot
+
ilecapable of, relating to
=puerile
Common Collocations
- 1.puerile humor幼稚的幽默
- 2.puerile behavior孩子气的行为
- 3.[puerile remarks]幼稚的言论
- 4.puerile nonsense幼稚的胡言乱语
Example Sentences
- 1.
His puerile jokes made the professional meeting feel like a schoolyard.
- 2.
The critic dismissed the film as puerile entertainment with no artistic merit.
- 3.
Such puerile behavior is completely unacceptable from a senior manager.