second childhood

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• 英式音标 [ˌsek.ənd ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd]
• 美式音标 [ˌsek.ənd ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd]
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基本解释

• （尤因年老智力衰退造成的）第二童年期。

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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.
  他是个可爱的老头。九十高龄，已有些年迈昏庸，他连星期几也弄不清楚了。
• He's a dear old chap, but over ninety and in his second childhood.
  他是个可亲的老头，但年龄已九十多了，人也老湖涂了。
• Be gentle in old age; peevishness is worse in second childhood than in first.
  老来是要和蔼; 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.
  他返老还童，玩儿他孙子的玩具火车。

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剑桥英英字典

• a situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age

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