second childhood
中文翻譯:
老年的智力衰退時期英文解釋:
名詞 second childhood:
- mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations同義詞:dotage, senility
中英例句:
- He's a dear old chap, but0over ninety and in his second childhood. He couldn't tell you the day of the week.他是個可愛的老頭。九十高齡,已有些年邁昏庸,他連星期幾也弄不清楚了。
- He's a dear old chap, but over ninety and in his second childhood.他是個可親的老頭,但年齡已九十多了,人也老湖塗了。
- Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first.老來是要和藹; 第二幼年期乖戾暴躁,更有甚於第一期。
- He's in his second childhood, playing with his grandson's toy trains.他返老還童,玩兒他孫子的玩具火車。