垂老 meaning in English
getting on in years
Examples
- Presently he was met by an elderly parson astride on a gray mare, who, as he rode, hummed a wandering tune .
不一会儿，就有一个年事垂老的牧师，跨着一匹灰色的骒马，一路信口哼着小调儿，迎着他的面而来。 - We laughed and put them on, three aging musketeers in the highest spirits despite the gray and drizzling day .
我们呵呵大笑，拿来系上，虽然天色阴暗，细雨纷飞，我们这垂垂老朽的三剑客却开心得无以复加。 - 1 was once young and now i am old
我也曾年轻过，现在却垂垂老矣。 - Nobody grows merely by the number of years , we grow old by deserting our ideas
年岁有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。 - Nobody grows merely by the number of years ; we grow old by deserting our ideas
年年有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。