second childhood
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- 英式音標(biāo) [?sek.?nd ?t?a?ld.h?d]
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基本解釋
- （尤因年老智力衰退造成的）第二童年期。
英漢例句
- 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，人也老湖涂了。 - 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，更有甚于第一期。 - 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。
英英字典
- a situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age