| 单词 | young and old |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoung and old young and old n. (with plural agreement) young and old people alike; everyone. Cf. sense B. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality > everyone allOE to wifeOE everya1250 young and olda1400 everybodyc1405 all hands1655 tout le monde1825 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20495 Ȝong and ald and euer-ilkan All þar fell to slepe onan. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ix. 91 (MED) Therfor thou byd both old and ying That ich man know me for his kyng. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 29 Cum ȝung and auld, baith man and wyfe, I will ȝow giue Eternall lyfe. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. v. 13 Thus there was killing of yong and old . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 34 When..young and old com forth to play On a Sunshine Holyday. 1740 L. Whyte Dissert. Fashions 66 Erst have I seen a little fellow, With Hat as large as Vmbrellow; It was the Mode for young and old. 1768 R. Hill Pietas Oxoniensis 16 Both young and old have had lewd women come to them in college. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama iv. 30 While young and old assembled round, Listened, as if by witchery bound. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 7 Mar. 486/1 All four corners of intersecting streets have their anti-schools, offering resorts and lounging places for young and old. 1922 A. Jekyll Kitchen Ess. 83 American Cereals , such as post-toasties, honey-grains, puffed wheat, or puffed rice..could be used by young and old more plentifully than they are. 1975 S. Afr. Panorama Sept. 5 The ‘jumping beans’..are a source of great amusement to young and old. 2008 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 15/5 Haggis was the only regional speciality recognised by both young and old. < as lemmas |
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