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    second childhood

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌsecond ˈchildhood noun [uncountable]  MENTALLY ILLsomeone who is in their second childhood is old, and their mental abilities are greatly reduced 第二次童年〔指人到老年智力大幅衰退的时期〕
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    second childhood• Peter, a 55-year-old distribution engineer at the plant, says his wife believes he is going through a second childhood.• Lilian was in her second childhood and Harriet was expecting her second child, which she secretly despised.
    ˌsecond ˈchildhood nounChineseSyllable
    someone Corpus in is childhood their second who is


    second childhood
    ˌsecond ˈchildhood noun [uncountable]
    someone who is in their second childhood is old, and their mental abilities are greatly reduced