youth/juθ; juːθ/n plural youths /juðz; juːðz/1 [U] the time when someone is young, or the quality of being young [→ old age] 青年时期﹔青春: in your youth In his youth he lived in France. 他年轻时住在法国。He seemed confident, in spite of his youth. 尽管年轻﹐他似乎很有信心。2 [C] disapproving a boy or young man – used especially in news reports【贬】小伙子﹐青年男子〔尤用于新闻报道〕: Three youths were arrested for stealing. 三名青年男子因偷窃被捕。see box at见 MAN1 方框3 [U] young people in general 青年﹐年轻人〔总称〕: +of the youth of today 如今的年轻人a youth training scheme 青年培训计划