英语词汇“in long trousers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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in long trousers

P3. in long trousers: (as postmodifying phrase) in a more mature, developed, sophisticated, etc., form.

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1905 G. Tyrrell Let. 30 May (1920) To believe that this terrible machine-world is really from God..and in spite of its blind fatality all works together for good, that is faith in long trousers; the other is faith in knickerbockers.

1996 Times 4 May (TV Guide) 3/3 Baywatch in long trousers as we follow lifeguard Mitch Buchanan in his new career as a private detective.

2002 A. Phillips in J. Scalia Vitality of Objects 53 The future can only be described as, at best, a sophisticated replication of the past; the past in long trousers.

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单词	in long trousers
释义	> as lemmas in long trousers P3. in long trousers: (as postmodifying phrase) in a more mature, developed, sophisticated, etc., form. ΚΠ 1905 G. Tyrrell Let. 30 May (1920) To believe that this terrible machine-world is really from God..and in spite of its blind fatality all works together for good, that is faith in long trousers; the other is faith in knickerbockers. 1996 Times 4 May (TV Guide) 3/3 Baywatch in long trousers as we follow lifeguard Mitch Buchanan in his new career as a private detective. 2002 A. Phillips in J. Scalia Vitality of Objects 53 The future can only be described as, at best, a sophisticated replication of the past; the past in long trousers. extracted from long trousersn. < as lemmas
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