单词 | golden years |
释义 | > as lemmasgolden years golden years n. (a) the best or most successful period in the life of a person or thing; one's heyday; (b) the later part of the life of a person or thing, spec. one's retirement. ΚΠ 1559 Mathewe Rogers' Instruction in Complaynt of Veritie sig. A.vv Your Father..for the hope of heauenly thinges..Gaue ouer all his golden yeares in prisone and in payne. a1678 A. Marvell Misc. Poems (1681) 140 That Providence which had so long the care Of Cromwell's head, and numbred ev'ry hair, Now in its self..Had seen the period of his golden Years. 1830 Times 11 Feb. 5/1 Those enormous sums which he and his tenants have been receiving during those golden years which they foolishly hopes would have endured forever. 1905 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 238 These were the golden years for promoters, construction companies and builders of railways, and expensive ones for the public. 1956 Humboldt (Calif.) Standard 25 Aug. (advt.) When should you start planning for your Golden Years? Read ‘At 35, I'm getting ready to retire’ next week. 1975 ‘D. Bowie’ Golden Years (transcribed from song) Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years. 1992 S. Logie Winging It ii. 36 Aircraft technology was improving dramatically..and the market segment called ‘general aviation’ (which did not include military or airliner aviation) was seeing its golden years. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Feb. 24 Nicely dressed and pink-lipsticked senior citizenesses..sat around on comfy garden furniture enjoying the merry sunset of their golden years. < as lemmas |
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