英语词汇“to show one's age”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P14. to show one's age: (of a person) to display signs associated with ageing, esp. physical deterioration or (now often) outdated attitudes, recollections of the past, etc. Similarly (of a thing) to show its age.

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1785 T. Holcroft tr. Comtesse de Genlis Tales Castle V. 232 How much the Queen shews her age to day; it is not possible to think her less than eight and thirty.

1828 N.-Y. Mirror 14 July 4/3 She began to show her age; but, with the assistance of dress and cosmetics, she was still a very fine woman.

1896 W. W. Glazier Ocean to Ocean on Horseback 31 The building is..plainly showing its age both in the exterior and the interior.

1905 Smart Set Apr. 130/2 I don't show my age very much. At the same time I don't care to be taken for..eighteen.

1998 D. Ormandy Conquering Computers ii. 23 Remember ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Pac Man?’ or am I just showing my age?

2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 144/1 Half a century on, the piece is showing its age, with jauntily jokey songs about women and the working-class.

单词	to show one's age
释义	> as lemmas to show one's age P14. to show one's age: (of a person) to display signs associated with ageing, esp. physical deterioration or (now often) outdated attitudes, recollections of the past, etc. Similarly (of a thing) to show its age. ΚΠ 1785 T. Holcroft tr. Comtesse de Genlis Tales Castle V. 232 How much the Queen shews her age to day; it is not possible to think her less than eight and thirty. 1828 N.-Y. Mirror 14 July 4/3 She began to show her age; but, with the assistance of dress and cosmetics, she was still a very fine woman. 1896 W. W. Glazier Ocean to Ocean on Horseback 31 The building is..plainly showing its age both in the exterior and the interior. 1905 Smart Set Apr. 130/2 I don't show my age very much. At the same time I don't care to be taken for..eighteen. 1998 D. Ormandy Conquering Computers ii. 23 Remember ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Pac Man?’ or am I just showing my age? 2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 144/1 Half a century on, the piece is showing its age, with jauntily jokey songs about women and the working-class. extracted from showv. < as lemmas
随便看	to turn round one's finger to turn round one's little finger to turn rusty to turn short to turn short round to turn show the whites of one's eyes to turn sides to turn snitch to turn something on its ear to turn something on its head to turn something up to eleven to turn sour to turn sour on a person to turn stag to turn stomach to turn tail to turn the air blue to turn the back to turn the back upon to turn the balance to turn the beam to turn the best side outward to turn the best side outwards to turn the blind eye to turn the bothered ear

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