the time when a child is a baby or very young 婴儿期；幼儿期 - in infancy
to die in infancy 婴儿夭折
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1Deaths during infancy have fallen dramatically in the last hundred years. 婴儿死亡率在过去的几百年间急剧下降。 He was ill many times throughout his infancy. 整个婴儿期他曾多次生病。 She died in infancy. 她于婴儿时期就夭折了。 Since her infancy she has been a healthy baby. 她从婴儿时身体一直很健康。 The vaccination is given in early infancy. 出生不久就要接种这种疫苗。 Their first child did not survive infancy. 他们的第一个孩子在婴儿时期就夭折了。 from infancy to late childhood 从婴儿期到童年后期 to survive infancy 渡过婴儿期存活下来
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- survive
- survive beyond
- during infancy
- in infancy
- from infancy
- …
- die in infancy
- in infancy
the early development of something 初期；初创期 - in its infancy
a time when the cinema was still in its infancy 电影业尚处于初创的时期
Extra ExamplesThis was at a time when the cinema was still in its infancy. 这是在电影还处于初级阶段的时候。 The new company is still in its infancy. 新公司才刚刚起步。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- survive
- survive beyond
- during infancy
- in infancy
- from infancy
- …
- die in infancy
- in its infancy
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infantia ‘childhood, inability to speak’, from infans, infant- ‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’ (from the verb fari).