She was a mean old harridan.

她是个刻薄的老泼妇。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

New features mean old code has to be adapted.

当新的特性出现，我们又要为旧的代码量体裁衣。

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All right, "said his mean old mother; and she stood close by the boiling kettle, ready to put the cover on."

老狐狸的老母亲说。老母亲紧挨着烧开的水壶站着，准备老狐狸一开袋子就把壶揭开。

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It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

codexes the plural of this is,is either codexes sometimes, codices I mean,Latin,you'd use the old Latinized plural,codices.

这个词的复数可以是，你可以用旧拉丁语复数。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

What does it mean, a new form comes about only to replace an old form which has ceased to be aesthetically viable?

但是新的形式代替旧的形式,来换取审美的重生是什么意思？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

My greener friends are convinced that this is all because of the mean old Koch brothers.

FORBES: Asymmetric Coverage Of Climate Science Fools Very Few, and It's Not the Koch Brothers' Fault

But the labyrinthine nature of it setups and companies' lax attitudes toward security mean old flaws often go unfixed.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Even though the agency is focused on new threats, "it doesn't mean old threats don't still exist, " Swalwell responded.

NPR: TSA Stands By Plan To Allow Small Knives On Planes