neoteny
英 [niː'ɒt(ə)nɪ]
美['niə,tini]
- n. 性早熟；幼态持续
英英释义
- 1. an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
实用场景例句
- The juvenile stages and neoteny observed by him may also be explained in this way.
- 他所看到的幼态阶段和幼态成熟也可利用这种方法来解释.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 1. The juvenile stages and neoteny observed by him may also be explained in this way.
- 他所看到的幼态阶段和幼态成熟也可利用这种方法来解释.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- neoteny (n.)
- retention of juvenile characteristics in adult life, 1901, from German neotenie (1884), from Greek neos "young" (see new) + teinein "to extend" (see tenet).