middle-aged

英[ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd]美[ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd]

adj.中年的，适合于中年人的，具有中年人特点的；

例句

He is in the middle of washing up.他正忙着洗碗碟。

How did he sneak off in the middle of the meeting without being noticed?他是如何在会议中途偷偷溜走而未被人发现呢?

He telephoned me in the middle of the night.他在半夜时给我打了个电话。

I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.我的话讲了一半, 电话中断了。

Everyone's eyes fastened on the little girl in the middle of the stage.大家的目光都集中在舞台中央的那位小姑娘身上。

He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.他把灯放在桌子中央。

One end is blue, one end is red, and the colors merge in the middle.一端为蓝色, 一端为红色, 这两种颜色在中间混成一色。

The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。

The cart stopped suddenly, tipping its load off in the middle of the road.马车突然停下来, 车上的货滑落到路中间。

There it was, smack in the middle of the room.你看, 它就在房间的正中央。

英语四级真题

The middle-aged person, Barth continued, can see death in the distance, but moves with a "measured haste" to get big new things done while there is still time.

The survey finds that, in spite of the dramatic gains women have made in educational attainment and labor force participation in recent decades, young women view this as a man's world—just as middle-aged and older women do.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ

中年的

If you describe someone as middle-aged, you mean that they are neither young nor old. People between the ages of 40 and 60 are usually considered to be middle-aged.

例句

ADJ-GRADED

具有中年人特点的;保守的;过时的

If you describe someone's activities or interests as middle-aged, you are critical of them because you think they are typical of a middle-aged person, for example by being conventional or old-fashioned.

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英英词典释义

Adjective

1. being roughly between 45 and 65 years old