(of a child )儿童 having developed particular abilities and ways of behaving at a much younger age than usual (能力或行为)早熟的 a precocious child who started her acting career at the age of 5 5 岁便开始演艺生涯的超常儿童 sexually precocious 性早熟 From an early age she displayed a precocious talent for music. 她年纪轻轻就表现出不凡的音乐天赋。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrecocious is used with these nouns:- child
- talent
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin praecox, praecoc- (from praecoquere ‘ripen fully’, from prae ‘before’ + coquere ‘to cook’) + -ious.