EXPERIENCEDhaving qualities that are typical of a child, especially positive qualities such as innocence and eagerness 孩子般的,像孩子似的;天真无邪的
childlike innocence/simplicity/directness
‘You know I love you, ’ she said with childlike simplicity.
“你知道我爱你。”她像个孩子一样率真地说道。
childlike delight/wonder/excitement
The sight filled her with childlike excitement.
这情景令她像孩子般兴奋起来。
Standing, she looked less childlike.
她站着的话,看起来就不那么像小孩子了。
Examples from the Corpus
childlike• Although some of the Mites were as old as fifteen, because they were called Mites, their routines were always childlike.• His face was childlike and flaccid.• The brothers are very childlike and I think that Lewis Carroll is reliving part of his childhood through this chapter.• Sometimes she became childlike and you could see her at eight or seventeen or twenty-five.• Corbett had always liked Prince Edward; he had a roguish air, coupled with an almost childlike innocence.• The wizardsdesigningMacintosh considered it an open invitation to childlike play, and judged that ability among its chiefattributes.• Suddenly your grown-upveneer gives way to a childlikesensitivity that causes you to feel-within minutes-wonderful happiness and acutedistress.• She has a childlike way of looking at things.
childlike innocence/simplicity/directness• Corbett had always liked Prince Edward; he had a roguish air, coupled with an almost childlike innocence.• She speaks with an almost childlike directness that wins over the most scepticalaudience.