[TOP]stripling strip·ling / ˈstripliŋ / noun (old-fashioned or humorous)a young man who is older than a boy but who does not seem to be a real man yet 年轻男子；小伙子 [TOP]stripling strip·ling / ˈstrɪplɪŋ ; ˈstrɪplɪŋ / noun [C] [old-fashioned] 1. a boy who is almost a young man – sometimes used humorously about a man who is quite old 青年男子，小伙子〔有时为幽默用法，指年龄相当大的人〕; SYN youth [TOP]stripling
1.N-COUNT 可数名词 年轻男子;小伙子 People sometimes refer to a young man as a stripling when they want to indicate in a slightly humorous way that although he is no longer a boy, he is not yet really a man.