单词 | third age |
释义 | > as lemmasthird age third age n. [translating French troisième âge] the period in life of active retirement; old age. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > old age third age1972 1972 Times 16 Mar. 13/7 We have devised a package deal for elderly people from the Continent... We are attempting to attract some Belgian old age pensioners. In Belgium it is called the third age. 1980 Washington Post 4 Jan. b5/3 The seven senior citizens—or ‘Dancers of the Third Age’—continually delight audiences, wherever they perform. 1987 Sunday Tel. 29 Mar. 10/8 Pétain himself took a rather more sprightly view of life in what is now fashionably called the ‘third age’. < as lemmas |
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