单词 | grey panther |
释义 | > as lemmasGrey Panther Grey Panther n. [after black panther n. 2] originally U.S. (in plural) an activist organization in the United States which seeks to promote social justice and the interests and rights of the elderly; (in singular) a member of this organization; (more generally) (chiefly with lower-case initials) an elderly person who is politically or socially active, esp. in support of the rights of the elderly. ΚΠ 1972 Los Angeles Times 23 Jan. a1/1 The oldsters want freedom now from the constraints that economics and youth have placed upon them... There's even a loosely organized unit in New York that calls itself, whimsically, the Gray Panthers. 1986 W. F. May in T. R. Cole & S. Gadow What does it mean to grow Old? i. 51 Heroes among the elderly include..the intrepid Gray Panther Maggie Kuhn. 1996 Economist 27 Jan. (Econ. of Ageing Suppl.) 5/2 Germany has a few grey panthers stalking the land, but to little effect. 2012 N.Y. Daily News 29 Apr. 14 She's a globetrotting gray panther. As the International Federation on Ageing's representative to the United Nations, Helen Hamlin barely has time to see her kids and grandkids. < as lemmas |
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