英语词汇“be your age”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial (originally U.S.). be (also act) your age: (as an imperative) don't behave as though much younger; ‘don't be childish!’

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > be childish [verb (intransitive)] > refrain from

be (also act) your age1925

1925 New Yorker 26 Sept. 18/2 (caption) Be Your Age.

1932 Amer. Speech June 328 Act your age, ‘don't be childish’; ‘stop the foolishness’.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 70 Do you think the Inspection would have let this aircraft fly if there was any danger of that sort of thing? Be your age.

1951 S. Kaye-Smith Mrs. Gailey ix. 180 Rosamund..spoke irritably. ‘Oh, be your age!’

2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xii. 279 Don't be a fool, girl... Act yer age—think!

单词	be your age
释义	> as lemmas be (also act) your age b. colloquial (originally U.S.). be (also act) your age: (as an imperative) don't behave as though much younger; ‘don't be childish!’ ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > be childish [verb (intransitive)] > refrain from be (also act) your age1925 1925 New Yorker 26 Sept. 18/2 (caption) Be Your Age. 1932 Amer. Speech June 328 Act your age, ‘don't be childish’; ‘stop the foolishness’. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 70 Do you think the Inspection would have let this aircraft fly if there was any danger of that sort of thing? Be your age. 1951 S. Kaye-Smith Mrs. Gailey ix. 180 Rosamund..spoke irritably. ‘Oh, be your age!’ 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xii. 279 Don't be a fool, girl... Act yer age—think! extracted from agen. < as lemmas
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