| 词汇 | old-woman |
| 释义 | old woman noun[ C ] UKinformaldisapprovinguk /ˌəʊld ˈwʊm.ən/ us /ˌoʊld ˈwʊm.ən/ a man who worries about matters and details that are not important: 爱大惊小怪的男人;婆婆妈妈的男人 What an old woman Dave is - he nearly had a fit because he got mud on his shoes!你知道戴夫是多爱大惊小怪的一个人——就因为鞋子上沾了几点泥巴，他就差一点大发脾气！ Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner Examples of old womanold woman She falls asleep by the side of the lake that was to be her grave and is found by the oldwoman. The short, round man who came through the curtains at the back of the store uttered the name preciously as might an oldwoman. But the moon's mockery of the oldwoman is not simple; it is cruel and twisted, and so is the musical imitation. A distraught oldwoman restrains the old warrior, while two younger men attempt to calm his attackers. An oldwoman and a young lady were there. The oldwoman would not listen to such fancy stuff. Here the speaker introduces a third party, again unexpectedly in the final strophe with the aid of a proximal ('this oldwoman'). Growing to be an oldwoman : aging and ageism. It is all over, they eulogize - the oldwoman has reached her end. One oldwoman was burnt to death in the flames of the hut she refused to leave. The words written by the girl, and the paper handled, will be the same read and held by the oldwoman. Prolonged in-vivo exposure therapy with a 70-year oldwoman. The young girl favored the player with the driver who were talking to an oldwoman. They present a picture of the witch which accords with early modern stereotypes : an oldwoman, often a beggar refused, who bewitches with a look. At the table to the side an oldwoman folds back the years. See all examples of old woman These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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