second childhood
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌsek.ənd ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd]
- 美式音标 [ˌsek.ənd ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- （尤因年老智力衰退造成的）第二童年期。
同根派生
英汉例句
- 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。
英英字典
- a situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age