单词 | middle youth |
释义 | > as lemmasMiddle Youth Middle Youth n. [after middle age n. 1; rare before late 20th cent.] the time of life between early adulthood and middle age; people of this age; frequently with allusion to the retention of interests, outlooks, etc., characteristic of younger people. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 633 In middle youth he had often sat observing through a rondel of bossed glass..the thoroughfare without. 1987 Today 2 Mar. 18/1 That is the homogenised voice of the sophisticated, be-condommed Aids generation, the voice of the new middle-youth. 1997 Independent 11 Nov. 7 One is 35 and one is 33. They have been up all night dancing. After a few hours' sleep they go to a garden centre. They are living the life of the Middle Youth... But not everyone can have Middle Youth. 1998 Rec. Collector Apr. 5/2 Never mind Oasis remaking the Beatles. Or the arrival of ‘middle youth’ rock in the formidable form of the splendid Ultrasound. < as lemmas |
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