| 单词 | time of life |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime of life b. time of life: a point or epoch in the course of a person's life; a person's age.In later use sometimes used spec. of middle age, or of the menopause. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age > menopause or change of life change of life1761 turn of life1772 menopause1852 climacterium1876 time of life1971 1539 Bible (Great) Gen. xviii. f. viv/2 In returnynge, I wil come agayne vnto the, acordinge to the tyme of lyfe. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie f. 54v They do deuide our age, or tyme of lyfe by the number of seauen. a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: First 8 Bks. (1656) v. 266 If the work of Grace had been appropriated to any time of Life, either Youth, Man-hood, or Old Age, alone. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlix. 301 If she would..not endeavour to conceal her Age, she would have a great many Compliments for looking so well at her Time of Life. a1771 T. Gray Candidate (?1780) 1 At our time of life, 'twould be silly, my dear. 1838 E. C. Gaskell Let. 17 Aug. (1966) 25 We agreed..that when people are come to yr time of life, there is no use having long engagements. 1883 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 27 Nov. How could she wear flaxen hair and bangs at her time of life? It was indecent, improper, scandalous! 1971 ‘E. Ferrars’ Stranger & Afraid vi. 100 Whatever's wrong with a woman over forty, it seems to me, people say it's her Time of Life. 1981 J. Mann Funeral Sites xxii. 132 Aidan has already threatened me with psychiatrists. He says it is ‘my time of life’. 2002 Mandala Mar. 54/2 The child actually became the caregiver at a time of life when he or she should have been the cared for. < as lemmas |
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