English Dictionary

childhood

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃaɪldhʊd/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 広義

(chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child. / The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. / (by extension) The early stages of development of something.

日本語の意味

子供である状態、すなわち子供時代、幼少期。 / また、比喩的に、物事の発達や開始の初期段階を示す場合がある。

Her childhood was filled with long summer afternoons reading by the river.

彼女の幼少期は川辺で本を読みながら過ごす長い夏の午後で満たされていた。

意味（1）

(chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child.

To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.

意味（2）

The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.

意味（3）

(by extension) The early stages of development of something.

the childhood of our joy

childhoods （ plural ）