"a youth," late 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from strip (n.1) "long, narrow piece," on the notion of "one who is slender as a strip, whose figure is not yet filled out" + -ling.
权威例句
1. The stripling helped the old man across the road.
年轻的男子帮助那老人过马路.
2. He is a young man, hardly more than a stripling.
他是个小伙子, 尚不及而立之年.
3. When he had spoken, John Alden , the fair - haired, taciturn stripling.
当他说话时, 约翰·奥尔登, 淡黄头发的, 沉默的年轻人.
4. On Wednesday, it was a sampler. She says the stripling's fun.
星期三, 要做样本拼布. 她说弯曲压线技巧很有趣.
5. And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.