尽管这样,他们对此仍不甚喜欢;对oldster , oldie (老头) 更是讨厌: 对于old codger (怪老头) 十分恼火。Old2folks 一词已不存在了,而由retirement village 取而代之。
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old fogey old codger 称年老的男子
Millin was a crusty old codger who took the college job after he retired from the navy.
米林是一位脾气暴躁的老伙计,从海军退役后就在大学里找了这么个活儿。
The old codger may need a cane to walk, but not for his mind, which is still sharp as a razor blade .
这个古怪的老头子走路可能离不开拐棍,可动脑筋时却不同了,他的头脑仍然象刀片一样锋利。
It wasn't until 130 years later in 1685 that it's “off centre” meaning was applied to a personality and the first application held a kindly tone of an old codger.
然而,打那起过了130多年,直到1685年,它“偏心”的意思才被用来形容人的个性,而且一开始,人们以亲切的口吻用这个词来形容古怪的老头。
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