| 单词 | long in the tooth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong in the tooth h. long in the tooth. extracted from longadj.1n.1 (a) Of a horse: having teeth from which the gums have receded so as to expose the roots, as a result of increasing age. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of mouth > with particular type of teeth shell-toothed1717 long in the tooth1834 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 182 A brown gawky leggy Rozinante, very long in the tooth, and showing every bone in his skin, was generally ridden by his courier. 1864 Baily's Mag. Aug. 267 It is not often one in his position can put his hand upon four such ready-made horses, although the last-named was a little long in the tooth. 1953 L. P. Hartley Go-between (1958) vii. 82 This is the bay mare..and this grey one's Boxer, but he's getting a bit long in the tooth. 1996 M. Blakely Too Long at Dance (1998) lxvii. 412 He was getting long in the tooth and had put thousands of miles of trail behind him, but..Caleb had spared him from many hard rides. (b) More generally: (somewhat) old, elderly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 1841 N. Michel Henry of Monmouth i. 9 I will make love to her too, or perhaps, considering she is a little too long in the tooth for me, a friend might manage it instead. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ii. 50 She was lean, and yellow, and long in the tooth; all the red and white in all the toyshops of London could not make a beauty of her. 1919 J. C. Snaith Love Lane xxi. 106 One of the youngest R.A.s [i.e. Rear Admirals] on record, but a bit long in the tooth for the army. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xii. 124 A trifle long in the tooth, mark you, but she has style, real style. 1972 Sunday Express 24 Dec. 2/5 To be honest I am getting quite long in the tooth and this is a method of bringing children into my Christmas. 2002 Computer Music Jan. 104/3 The Mark 2 model has been with us since 98 now, so could be considered a bit long in the tooth. < as lemmas |
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