資料來源 : pyDict
年輕而無經驗的,(鳥)未生羽毛的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Callow \Cal"low\, a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to
D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er
the callow young, a sparrow pressed. --Dryden.
2. Immature; boyish; ``green''; as, a callow youth.
I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid.
--Old Play
[1675].
Callow \Cal*low"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [Named from its note.]
A kind of duck. See {Old squaw}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
callow
adj : lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"
[syn: {inexperienced}, {naive}, {unsophisticated}]