middle-aged
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌmiddle-ˈaged ●●○ adjective 1 TMCAGEbetween the ages of about 40 and 60 中年的 a middle-aged businessman 中年商人2 OLD/NOT NEWsomeone who seems middle-aged seems rather dull and does not do exciting or dangerous things 〔态度或行为方式〕有中年人特点的，无趣的，保守的 Living with Henry had made her feel middle-aged. 和亨利共同生活使她觉得自己像个中年人似的。3. middle-aged spread FATfat that many people develop around their waist as they grow older 中年发福
Examples from the Corpus
middle-aged• SHe tried to imagine the soul of a middle-aged man living in this flesh.• He and a 12-year-old boy robbed a middle-aged man of £25 at gunpoint in a Leeds park.• Then a third patient, and a fourth and a fifth, all middle-aged men, all soon dead.• My wife and I had bought a home and we were ready to settle down into a comfortable middle-aged, middle-class rut.• The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females.• It is commonplace to see middle-aged or elderly men as newscasters, but not yet women.• Can an old affair that lasted only a year rekindle as middle-aged passion?• He proved that it is indeed possible to reverse coronary heart disease in unhealthy middle-aged people.ˌmiddle-ˈaged adjectiveChineseSyllable
between the of Corpus ages about 40 and
middle-aged
ˌmiddle-ˈaged
adjective
1. between the ages of about 40 and 60:
a middle-aged businessman
2. someone who seems middle-aged seems rather dull and does not do exciting or dangerous things:
Living with Henry had made her feel middle-aged.
3. middle-aged spread fat that many people develop around their waist as they grow older
ˌmiddle-ˈaged
adjective1. between the ages of about 40 and 60:
2. someone who seems middle-aged seems rather dull and does not do exciting or dangerous things:
3. middle-aged spread fat that many people develop around their waist as they grow older