| 单词 | years young |
| 释义 | > as lemmas—— years young P6. Chiefly humorous. —— years young [after —— years old (see old adj. 4a)] : —— years old; usually with the implication that the person (or occasionally thing) referred to has or retains youthful vitality. ΚΠ 1889 O. W. Holmes Let. 27 May in J. Bartlett Familiar Quotations (1909) 638 To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. 1909 M. J. Cawein New Poems 52 You are big and strong, my boy; and you are twelve years young. 1971 Rotarian Dec. 46/2 Believe it or not, this photo is almost 25 years young... The Rotary Club of Denver..becomes 60 years young itself this month! 1985 She July 140/1 I'm moving in with a 23-years-young masseur. 2013 Cricketer Sept. 49/1 Parked on the square-leg boundary is the formidable Enid Bakewell, 72 years young and fresh from a spell of nine overs for 14..in a club match. < as lemmas |
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