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单词 old man
释义 old man
I. noun
1.
 a. : husband
  < a married woman steppin out on her old man — James Jones >
  — not often in formal use
 b. : father
  < my old man was not any great shakes as a parent — Damon Runyon >
  — not often in formal use
 c. usually capitalized O&M : boss
  < was not wholly satisfied with the way the Old Man was running the department — H.S.Commager >
 especially : commanding officer
  < the Old Man pointed her head for Nantucket Sound — H.A.Chippendale >
  — not often in formal use
2.
 a. : one having the skill or status acquired through long experience : recognized authority
  < the great old man of Eurasian archaeology — O.J.Maenchen-Helfen >
 b. : a senior member or former member of an organization (as a military unit)
  < the old men who had fought in the regiment's first two battles — Dan Levin >
 c.
  (1) : a tribal elder or sage
   < the old man … presides at ceremonials — C.D.Forde >
  (2) usually capitalized O&M : culture hero
   < marks on the birch tree … inflicted in a moment of anger by Old Man — W.D.Wallis >
 d.
  (1) : old adam
   < put off … the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts — Eph 4: 22 (Authorized Version) >
  (2) : god
3. Australia : a full-grown male kangaroo
4.
 a. : southernwood
 b. : rosemary
5. dialect England : the last sheaf of the harvest sometimes shaped into a human effigy and buried
6. : a drilling post for use with a ratchet, electric, or pneumatic drill
II. noun
: boyfriend ; especially : one with whom a woman cohabits
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