| 释义 |
at a tender ageIn one's youth; at a young age. I'm not surprised to hear that he was doing science experiments at a tender age—he's a child genius! at a ˌtender ˈage, at the tender ˌage of ˈ8, ˈ12, etc. used in connection with somebody who is still young and does not have much experience: We were sent to boarding school at a tender age.At the tender age of seventeen I left home. |