英语词汇“middle-aged”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Can an old affair that lasted only a year rekindle as middle-aged passion?
He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.
He proved that it is indeed possible to reverse coronary heart disease in unhealthy middle-aged people.
It is commonplace to see middle-aged or elderly men as newscasters, but not yet women.
My wife and I had bought a home and we were ready to settle down into a comfortable middle-aged, middle-class rut.
SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle-aged man living in this flesh.
Then a third patient, and a fourth and a fifth, all middle-aged men, all soon dead.

Longman Language Activatora fat stomach► paunch

a man who has a paunch has a large stomach: · You're getting a paunch, did you know that? · Merv lay back in his chair with his hands crossed above his paunch, listening to the radio. · Wally crossed the mirrored lobby, sucking in his paunch as he caught sight of himself.

► pot belly

a round stomach that sticks out at the front, especially when this is the result of eating or drinking too much: · Larry was just a regular guy: short, with a pot belly and moustache. · You really should do something about that pot belly of yours.

► beer gut

informal a fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer: · His beer gut was popping the buttons on his shirt.· At only seventeen, Lonny already had the beginnings of a beer gut.

► spare tyre

British informal a ring of fat around the waist: · You should go on a diet -- look at that spare tyre!

► middle-age spread

the fat around the waist that people gradually get as they grow older: · A lot of people start to get middle-age spread once they pass 30.

not young► old

· She wanted to have a baby before she was too old.· For the first time in my life, I feel old.· An old man was in the park feeding the pigeons.too old for somebody (=too old to have a romantic relationship with someone) · She shouldn't marry him - he's much too old for her.

► elderly

old - use this as a polite way of talking about old people: · A group of elderly ladies sat drinking coffee in the cafeteria.· An elderly Englishwoman was seated next to me on the plane.· A few decades ago, the average cruise ship passenger was elderly, affluent, and retired. Not anymore.

► ageing/aging

: ageing rock star/movie star/hippy/romeo etc one who is becoming old, especially in an unattractive way, and seems too old to be a rock star, film star etc: · The bar was fill with ageing hippies.· These days, most of the houses in the Hollywood Hills are owned by aging movie stars and rich businessmen.

► ancient

especially British a humorous but slightly unkind word meaning very old: · He's not just old, he's ancient. absolutely/completely/really etc ancient: · Mum looks absolutely ancient in this picture.

► be getting on

informal to be fairly old: · Cal is getting on a bit and doesn't play much golf anymore.getting on in years: · Ethel's getting on in years now -- she must be in her late 60s.

► not be as young as you were

if you say you are not as young as you were , you mean you are getting old, especially so that you are not strong enough or healthy enough to do things that you used to do: · We do go out sometimes, but not very often. I guess we're not as young as we used to be.· "I'm not as young as I once was," concedes the cigar-chomping, 48-year-old Mr. Tiant.

► wrinkled

skin that is wrinkled has lines on it that are caused by old age: · Her face looked old and wrinkled in the morning light.wrinkled old man/woman: · At the far end of the market, a wrinkled old woman sat smoking a pipe.

► wizened

a wizened old man or woman has a small, bent body and lines on their skin because they are very old: · He barely recognized her wizened face and haggard features.wizened old man/woman: · The door was opened by a wizened old man clutching a walking stick.

► middle-aged

not young anymore but not yet old, usually between the ages of around 40 to 65: · The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females.· a middle-aged businessman

WORD SETS► Chronology

AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► couple

· She was accompanied by a middle-aged couple, probably her parents, but Jack scarcely glanced at them.· The middle-aged couple in Crillon had obviously been reading articles like this.· As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again.· Neighbors said the house belongs to a middle-aged couple with an adult daughter.· A middle-aged couple got out and began to unload a motley collection of boxes and bags.· A middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter were sitting behind it.· A Volvo estate car was parked outside the gates and a middle-aged couple picnicked on the grass verge.· Towards the front of the theater is a married middle-aged couple.

► lady

· She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.· Edna, a warm-hearted middle-aged lady with a red rose and a walking stick.

► man

· It showed a middle-aged man in the clothes of the late seventeenth-century.· A middle-aged man was bending over one of the beds, sadly digging up clusters of gold and russet dahlias.· Few could make sense out of the tragedy brought on the community by a balding middle-aged man.· He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.· It was practically empty except for two middle-aged men in khaki pants and cotton shirts lounging over a quart of beer.· SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle-aged man living in this flesh.

► people

· Nobody's thinking that there are middle-aged people, grannies and mums and 20 to 30-year-olds who want to be entertained.· He proved that it is indeed possible to reverse coronary heart disease in unhealthy middle-aged people.· It's the silly new middle-aged people who've got to be young who've changed.· The very existence of all these middle-aged people was inescapable proof of one's own ageing process.· Yes, this is the commonest cause in younger and middle-aged people.

► woman

· I can not believe middle-aged women feel this rage.· And the middle-aged philanderer, it turns out, is as mythical as the sexless middle-aged woman.· The middle-aged woman rolled over and buried her face in her blanket, crying so bitterly her shoulders heaved.· Millions of middle-aged women went to see them, over and over again, and very possibly all their hearts were broken.· The middle-aged woman mixing the drinks was called Madeline.· A plump middle-aged woman wearing a white coat greeted them when the doors opened again.· I spoke to a middle-aged woman in Sunderland who moved into her council house when it was new thirty years ago.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► middle-aged spread

At 40, you developed something flabby, disgusting and unavoidable called middle-aged spread and your waist disappeared along with your energy.

单词	middle-aged
释义	middle-agedˌmiddle-ˈaged ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Can an old affair that lasted only a year rekindle as middle-aged passion? He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park. He proved that it is indeed possible to reverse coronary heart disease in unhealthy middle-aged people. It is commonplace to see middle-aged or elderly men as newscasters, but not yet women. My wife and I had bought a home and we were ready to settle down into a comfortable middle-aged, middle-class rut. SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle-aged man living in this flesh. Then a third patient, and a fourth and a fifth, all middle-aged men, all soon dead. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora fat stomach► paunch a man who has a paunch has a large stomach: · You're getting a paunch, did you know that? · Merv lay back in his chair with his hands crossed above his paunch, listening to the radio. · Wally crossed the mirrored lobby, sucking in his paunch as he caught sight of himself. ► pot belly a round stomach that sticks out at the front, especially when this is the result of eating or drinking too much: · Larry was just a regular guy: short, with a pot belly and moustache. · You really should do something about that pot belly of yours. ► beer gut informal a fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer: · His beer gut was popping the buttons on his shirt.· At only seventeen, Lonny already had the beginnings of a beer gut. ► spare tyre British informal a ring of fat around the waist: · You should go on a diet -- look at that spare tyre! ► middle-age spread the fat around the waist that people gradually get as they grow older: · A lot of people start to get middle-age spread once they pass 30. not young► old · She wanted to have a baby before she was too old.· For the first time in my life, I feel old.· An old man was in the park feeding the pigeons.too old for somebody (=too old to have a romantic relationship with someone) · She shouldn't marry him - he's much too old for her. ► elderly old - use this as a polite way of talking about old people: · A group of elderly ladies sat drinking coffee in the cafeteria.· An elderly Englishwoman was seated next to me on the plane.· A few decades ago, the average cruise ship passenger was elderly, affluent, and retired. Not anymore. ► ageing/aging : ageing rock star/movie star/hippy/romeo etc one who is becoming old, especially in an unattractive way, and seems too old to be a rock star, film star etc: · The bar was fill with ageing hippies.· These days, most of the houses in the Hollywood Hills are owned by aging movie stars and rich businessmen. ► ancient especially British a humorous but slightly unkind word meaning very old: · He's not just old, he's ancient. absolutely/completely/really etc ancient: · Mum looks absolutely ancient in this picture. ► be getting on informal to be fairly old: · Cal is getting on a bit and doesn't play much golf anymore.getting on in years: · Ethel's getting on in years now -- she must be in her late 60s. ► not be as young as you were if you say you are not as young as you were , you mean you are getting old, especially so that you are not strong enough or healthy enough to do things that you used to do: · We do go out sometimes, but not very often. I guess we're not as young as we used to be.· "I'm not as young as I once was," concedes the cigar-chomping, 48-year-old Mr. Tiant. ► wrinkled skin that is wrinkled has lines on it that are caused by old age: · Her face looked old and wrinkled in the morning light.wrinkled old man/woman: · At the far end of the market, a wrinkled old woman sat smoking a pipe. ► wizened a wizened old man or woman has a small, bent body and lines on their skin because they are very old: · He barely recognized her wizened face and haggard features.wizened old man/woman: · The door was opened by a wizened old man clutching a walking stick. ► middle-aged not young anymore but not yet old, usually between the ages of around 40 to 65: · The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females.· a middle-aged businessman WORD SETS► Chronology AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► couple · She was accompanied by a middle-aged couple, probably her parents, but Jack scarcely glanced at them.· The middle-aged couple in Crillon had obviously been reading articles like this.· As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again.· Neighbors said the house belongs to a middle-aged couple with an adult daughter.· A middle-aged couple got out and began to unload a motley collection of boxes and bags.· A middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter were sitting behind it.· A Volvo estate car was parked outside the gates and a middle-aged couple picnicked on the grass verge.· Towards the front of the theater is a married middle-aged couple. ► lady · She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.· Edna, a warm-hearted middle-aged lady with a red rose and a walking stick. ► man · It showed a middle-aged man in the clothes of the late seventeenth-century.· A middle-aged man was bending over one of the beds, sadly digging up clusters of gold and russet dahlias.· Few could make sense out of the tragedy brought on the community by a balding middle-aged man.· He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.· It was practically empty except for two middle-aged men in khaki pants and cotton shirts lounging over a quart of beer.· SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle-aged man living in this flesh. ► people · Nobody's thinking that there are middle-aged people, grannies and mums and 20 to 30-year-olds who want to be entertained.· He proved that it is indeed possible to reverse coronary heart disease in unhealthy middle-aged people.· It's the silly new middle-aged people who've got to be young who've changed.· The very existence of all these middle-aged people was inescapable proof of one's own ageing process.· Yes, this is the commonest cause in younger and middle-aged people. ► woman · I can not believe middle-aged women feel this rage.· And the middle-aged philanderer, it turns out, is as mythical as the sexless middle-aged woman.· The middle-aged woman rolled over and buried her face in her blanket, crying so bitterly her shoulders heaved.· Millions of middle-aged women went to see them, over and over again, and very possibly all their hearts were broken.· The middle-aged woman mixing the drinks was called Madeline.· A plump middle-aged woman wearing a white coat greeted them when the doors opened again.· I spoke to a middle-aged woman in Sunderland who moved into her council house when it was new thirty years ago. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► middle-aged spread At 40, you developed something flabby, disgusting and unavoidable called middle-aged spread and your waist disappeared along with your energy. 1between the ages of about 40 and 60: a middle-aged businessman2someone who seems middle-aged seems rather dull and does not do exciting or dangerous things: Living with Henry had made her feel middle-aged.3middle-aged spread fat that many people develop around their waist as they grow older
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