rob the cradle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation. disapproving,idiomatic
    — The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she's robbing the cradle with Timberlake, 22.
  2. To use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to their age. disapproving,idiomatic
    — They were ordered to the field, and their places filled by the Georgia "Reserves," an organization of boys under, and men over the military age. As General Grant aptly-phrased it, "They had robbed the cradle and the grave," in forming these regiments.

词形变化

robs the cradle present,singular,third-person robbing the cradle participle,present robbed the cradle participle,past robbed the cradle past
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