middle-aged

adjective
🔊/ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd/
🔊/ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd/
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  1. (of a person) neither young nor old中年的Topics Life stagesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • prematurely
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  2. the middle aged
    noun [plural] people who are middle-aged中年人
  3. (disapproving) (of a person’s attitudes or behaviour人的态度或行为) rather boring and old-fashioned烦人的;保守的;过时的
    • He has a very middle-aged attitude to life.他对生活有非常中年的态度。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • prematurely
    See full entry