precocious

英[prɪ'kəʊʃəs] 美[prɪ'koʃəs]

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副词: precociously;名词: precocity;

precocious 早熟的

pre-,在前，早于-coc,煮，词源同cook,cuisine.比喻用法。

precocious: precocious: [17] Precocious means etymologically ‘pre-cooked’. It was borrowed from Latin praecox, a derivative of the verb praecoquere ‘cook in advance’, which was a compound formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and coquere ‘cook’ (a relative of English cook and kitchen). But coquere was also used metaphorically for ‘ripen’, and so praecox also meant ‘early-ripening’ – whence English precocious ‘developing before its time’. The apricot is etymologically the ‘precocious’ fruit.
=> apricot, cook, kiln, kitchen
precocious (adj.): 1640s, "developed before the usual time" (of plants), with -ous + Latin praecox (genitive praecocis) "maturing early," from prae "before" (see pre-) + coquere "to ripen," literally "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Originally of flowers or fruits. Figurative use, of persons, dates from 1670s. Related: Precociously; precociousness.

1. From childhood, he was evidently at once rebellious and precocious.: 从儿时起，他就明显地既叛逆又早熟。

2. Sue is a thoroughly precocious little madam if ever there was one.: 休确实是个少见的早熟的小丫头。

3. a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5: 5岁便开始演艺生涯的超常儿童

4. She burst on to the world tennis scene as a precocious 14-year old.: 她14岁时就作为一名网球神童闯入了世界网坛。

5. Despite her precocious talent for music and art, she failed both subjects at school.: 尽管她小的时候在音乐和艺术方面有不凡的天赋，上学的时候这两门功课却都不及格。