(形容词)看起来年轻的、显得比实际年龄小的(常用于描述外貌、气质或第一印象)。也可写作 young looking(不加连字符)。
/ˌjʌŋ ˈlʊkɪŋ/
She is young-looking for her age.
她看起来比实际年龄要年轻。
Though he was in his forties, his young-looking face and relaxed manner made people assume he was much younger.
尽管他已经四十多岁了,但他那张显得年轻的脸和随和的举止让人们以为他要年轻得多。
young-looking 是由 young(年轻的)+ looking(看起来……的) 组合而成的复合形容词;连字符常用来提示它作为一个整体修饰名词(如 a young-looking man)。
该词在当代英语小说与非虚构写作中较常见;检索时也可能以无连字符形式 young looking 出现(不同版本排版可能不同)。例如: