单词 | day-old |
释义 | > as lemmasday-old day-old adj. and n. (a) adj. (attributive) designating a person, animal, or thing that is one day old (cf. old adj. 4b(a)); (b) n. a bird, animal, etc., which is one day old (cf. old adj. 4b(b)). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > specific age yearOE scorea1400 seventeena1568 threescorea1616 jubileea1640 military age1656 legal age1658 tecnogoniaa1676 sixty1717 forty1732 fifty1738 seven-year-old1762 teen1789 septuagenarianism1824 sexagenarianism1824 day-old1831 seventeen-year-old1858 centenarianism1863 roaring forties1867 twenties1874 leaving age1875 school-leaving age1881 octogenarianism1883 reading age1906 three1909 teenage1912 eleven-plus1937 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > specific age seven?1440 yearing1451 year-old1556 yeared1583 seventy1590 two-year1596 quinquagenarian1603 septuagenary1605 twelvea1616 thirty1618 three-yearling1621 one-eared1645 quadragenarious1656 trimenstruous1656 septennian1662 sexagenarian1663 sexagenary1663 octogenarya1696 seven-year-old1713 quinquagenary1715 yearling1729 septuagesimal1781 septuagenarian1793 octogenarian1818 fortyish1821 seventeen-year-old1821 three-year-old1825 week-old1826 centenarian1828 day-old1831 70-year-old1832 quadragenarian1834 century-old1836 nonagenarian1877 teenaged1913 thirtyish1925 1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 321/2 She left his breast—but, weak as a day-old lamb, tottered—and sank down among the snow. 1911 R. Brooke Let. Feb. (1968) 280 Every night I sit in a café near here..and read the day-old Times. 1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 19/4 Day-olds from reliable pedigree strains cost only 21s a dozen. 1959 B.S.I. News Apr. 18/2 Priority is being given to arrangements for the carriage of day-old chicks. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 109/3 Year after year crops of goslings are..in big demand as day-olds or ‘growers’. 2002 D. H. Sterry Chicken (2003) v. 54 When I get home to my hovel I steamshovel a mouthful of day-old cake into my face. < as lemmas |
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