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Middle Aged Mɪdl Middle I Describe People 英 Eɪdʒd] 美

英语单词 middle-aged
英美音标 英 ['mɪdl eɪdʒd] 美 ['mɪdl eɪdʒd]
中文释义 adj.中年的
英语例句 (1) Middle age dulled her appetite for travel.
(2) It was so, when the university students calling me Auntie, the incorrigible, and I knew I was slowly sliding into the middle of the space-time tunnel.
中文例句 (1) 中年的年龄使他的对旅行的欲望变得迟钝。
(2) 于是就这样,当大学生也称呼我阿姨时,不可救药的,我知道自己慢慢的滑入了中年的时空隧道。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]中年的 If you describe someone as middle-aged, you mean that they are neither young nor old. People between the ages of 40 and 60 are usually considered to be middle-aged.
  [the N]
  • His sisters are grown up and his parents are middle-aged.

    他的姐妹们都已成人,而他的父母亲也人到中年。

  • ...middleaged, married businessmen.

    已婚的中年商人

  • The middle-aged are people who are middle-aged.中年人
    • ...the perfect holiday for the middle-aged.

      中年人的理想假期

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]具有中年人特点的;保守的;过时的 If you describe someone's activities or interests as middle-aged, you are critical of them because you think they are typical of a middle-aged person, for example by being conventional or old-fashioned.
  [disapproval]
  • Her novels are middle-aged and boring.

    她的小说刻板乏味。

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