stripling /ˈstrɪplɪŋ/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT People sometimes refer to a young man as a stripling when they want to say in a slightly humorous way that although he is no longer a boy, he is not yet really a man. 毛头小伙子 [老式]

  例：

  ...a stripling of 20.

  ...一个20岁的毛头小伙子。