| 单词 | young-old |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoung-old young-old n. and adj. (a) n. an old person who has the mental or physical characteristics of one who is younger (rare before 20th cent.); (b) adj. that appears both young and old; esp. old in age but having the mental or physical characteristics of one who is younger (cf. old-young adj. at old adj. Compounds 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > immature adult young-old1558 overgrown1669 Peter Panish1914 ungrown-up1937 Peter Panic1962 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > youthful (of beings) youngOE young-like1530 young-old1558 youthly1566 youthlike1582 youthful1590 young-eyed1600 youthsome1661 youthy1712 early1814 1558 R. Ramsey Serm. Child Bishop 14 in Camden Misc. (1875) VII All yow that are no childer, but men, women, and yonggolds, of years and discretion. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xv. sig. S2v Yong-olde in suffering, olde-yong in ruth: Patience is olde in being alwaies yong. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 274 Caleb was that young-old man, whose strength contradicted his years. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. xliii. 217 The mild, good-natured Nancy, could not forbear laughing at the idea of the young-old Penelope Arby. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 910/1 The effect of this young-old attire was increased by the arrangement of the hair. 1917 Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gaz. 8 Aug. 1/7 The ‘young-olds'’ day is here. 1991 M. Mackie Gender Relations Canada ix. 246/2 Most people stop working as soon as it is financially feasible to do so, and most of these ‘young-olds’ adjust to it with little trouble. 1999 J. Harris Chocolat (2000) xxiii. 182 He still seems diminished since Charly's death,..his young-old face impish and wizened with grief. < as lemmas |
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