of a certain age
介词短语
英文释义
介词短语
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Middle-aged or older.
— Near-synonyms: (indeterminate) getting on in years, on in years, long in the tooth; (past middle age) older, senior, elderly, geriatric; see also Thesaurus:elderly
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, certain, age: belonging to some particular specified age range.
— All able-bodied men of a certain age were subject to conscription by royal decree.
词源
Perhaps a calque of French d'un certain âge.
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