| 释义 |
middle-aged
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
a. : being at an age beyond youth and below old age
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of middle-aged persons
< middle-aged love — Michael Arlen >
2.
a. of a thing : having existed longer than things of the same type and group commonly or conventionally regarded as new
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of such things
3. [the middle age + English -ed] obsolete : medieval
• mid·dle-aged·ly \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ājə̇dlē, -jd-\ adverb
• mid·dle·aged·ness \-jə̇dnə̇s, -j(d)n-\ noun -es |