childlike
英 ['tʃaɪl(d)laɪk]
美 ['tʃaɪldlaɪk]
英語の語源
- childlike (adj.)
- 1580s, "proper to a child," from child + like (adj.). Meaning "like a child" in a good sense (distinguished from childish) is from 1738.
例文
- 1. His most enduring quality is his childlike innocence.
- 彼の最も永続的な魅力の特質は、彼の子供のような無邪気さです。
- 2.Her behaviour was childlike and dependent.
- 彼女の言動は子供のようで依存性が強い。
- 3.He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers.
- 彼は見知らぬ人と話すのはまるで子供のように柔らかい。
- 4.He believes everything with childlike simplicity.
- 彼は子供のように単純で、すべてを真に受けている。
- 5.Melanie turned childlike eyes of gratitude and dependence upon him.
- <"媚蘭のあどけない目は感激し信頼して彼を見ていた。
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