| 释义 |
† ˈfather-ˌage Obs.
[f. father n. + age.]
a. The time of life when one is a father; hence, a mature age.
b. An age earlier than the present, a period gone by.
1596Queen Elizabeth Let. in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) IV. 350 Were it in the nonage of a prince, it might have some colour; but in a Father-age it seemeth strange. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. ix, Tell me, ye Muses, what our father-ages Have left succeeding times to play upon. |