youngbloodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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young blood (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 young bloods) (idiomatic)

1. (uncountable) Young or youthful people, especially as a source of revitalizing force (in a team, organization, etc.).

   Synonyms: fresh blood, new blood, youth

   • 1862 August – 1863 March, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., published 1863, →OCLC:

     Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

2. (countable) A young person (especially a man); also as a term of address.

   Alternative form: youngblood

   • 1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 4, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 46:

     Every Saturday evening, raw young bloods of the village would meet for a drink, and the wine made us lively. We stuck a sprig of basil behind our ears, one of my cousins took his guitar, and we went serenading.

3. (uncountable) Youthful, revitalizing, or youth-oriented ideas.