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单词 middle-aged
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Definition of middle-aged in English:

middle-aged

adjective mɪdəlˈeɪdʒd
  • 1(of a person) aged about 45 to 65.

    the crowd was predominantly middle-aged
    the last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He still looks remarkably buff for an embittered, middle-aged alcoholic.
    • Scratch the surface of the middle-aged techie, and there lies a seething monster.
    • They try to reach out to younger customers without alienating the middle-aged beer drinkers who are their core customers.
    • The young are in debt mortgaged up to the hilt, and the middle-aged are in clover, sitting on a semi-detached gold mine.
    • Clothing stores aimed at the middle-aged will be looking for nostalgic tracks from their customers' adolescence.
    • She was just a handsome middle-aged lady having lunch with a friend in Beverly Hills.
    • He was a middle-aged good ol' boy from Oklahoma who ran a barber shop with a candy-striped pole revolving out in front.
    • Extreme sports has become shorthand for "cool" to middle-aged filmmakers obsessed with wealth.
    • It looks like the exhibition résumé of a middle-aged, internationally successful artist.
    • In the title painting, we see two middle-aged men shaking hands.
    1. 1.1 Characteristic or typical of middle-aged people.
      a novel about middle-aged angst
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was nominated for her role in the middle-aged love story Something's Gotta Give.
      • It stuck the whole monsters-of-rock vibe way to the back, behind the fallibility and even behind the middle-aged anger of three multimillionaire dads.
      • Strip away the money and the middle-aged hang-ups, and the dynamics of rock-and-roll bands bear a striking similarity to those of a dysfunctional adolescent gang.
      • It's not just moms and dads fighting the middle-aged spread who are rushing to sign on the dotted line of membership forms.
      • They sum it up as a craze about the middle-aged crisis of meaning for a coterie of Yale Law School graduates and their confused friends.
      • They decided to shrug off the middle-aged image for the Corolla and displayed the Corolla XRS.
      • The subdued lighting of the interior scenes certainly helped to enhance the middle-aged beauty of the beautifully poised Lady Dedlock.
      • These kisses are presented as fulfilling, not as the middle-aged lust dismissed by Hamlet in Shakespeare's play.
      • He finds a way into the heart of the middle-aged experience, from all kinds of angles.
      • It's a rich and suggestive work that contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of the professor with his memories of his favorite student.
 
 

Definition of middle-aged in US English:

middle-aged

adjectiveˌmidl ˈājd
  • 1(of a person) aged about 45 to 65.

    the crowd was predominantly middle-aged
    the last-gasp ambitions of the middle-aged
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It looks like the exhibition résumé of a middle-aged, internationally successful artist.
    • They try to reach out to younger customers without alienating the middle-aged beer drinkers who are their core customers.
    • Extreme sports has become shorthand for "cool" to middle-aged filmmakers obsessed with wealth.
    • The young are in debt mortgaged up to the hilt, and the middle-aged are in clover, sitting on a semi-detached gold mine.
    • She was just a handsome middle-aged lady having lunch with a friend in Beverly Hills.
    • Scratch the surface of the middle-aged techie, and there lies a seething monster.
    • He still looks remarkably buff for an embittered, middle-aged alcoholic.
    • Clothing stores aimed at the middle-aged will be looking for nostalgic tracks from their customers' adolescence.
    • In the title painting, we see two middle-aged men shaking hands.
    • He was a middle-aged good ol' boy from Oklahoma who ran a barber shop with a candy-striped pole revolving out in front.
    1. 1.1 Characteristic or typical of middle-aged people.
      a novel about middle-aged angst
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He finds a way into the heart of the middle-aged experience, from all kinds of angles.
      • It's not just moms and dads fighting the middle-aged spread who are rushing to sign on the dotted line of membership forms.
      • It stuck the whole monsters-of-rock vibe way to the back, behind the fallibility and even behind the middle-aged anger of three multimillionaire dads.
      • She was nominated for her role in the middle-aged love story Something's Gotta Give.
      • They decided to shrug off the middle-aged image for the Corolla and displayed the Corolla XRS.
      • It's a rich and suggestive work that contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of the professor with his memories of his favorite student.
      • The subdued lighting of the interior scenes certainly helped to enhance the middle-aged beauty of the beautifully poised Lady Dedlock.
      • Strip away the money and the middle-aged hang-ups, and the dynamics of rock-and-roll bands bear a striking similarity to those of a dysfunctional adolescent gang.
      • They sum it up as a craze about the middle-aged crisis of meaning for a coterie of Yale Law School graduates and their confused friends.
      • These kisses are presented as fulfilling, not as the middle-aged lust dismissed by Hamlet in Shakespeare's play.
 
 
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