decades youngとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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decades young pl (複数形 only)

1. (euphemistic, humorous) Decades old.
   • 1956, The Santa Fe Magazine, volume 50, page 18:

     Gaily-garbed Indians and an historical diamond-stacked locomotive, nearly nine decades young, featured a public program there.

   • 1977, American chemistry: bicentennial, page 220:

     The distinguished biochemist William C. Rose, now almost nine decades young, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at Illinois, has provided a first-hand account of the functioning of the Illinois 25 Department under Adams.

   • 1985, Virginia Review, volume 73, page 29:

     At some eight decades young (born 1908 according to the Hornbook of Virginia History), he discussed history as he saw and lived it.

   • 2001, New York Sportsman, volume 30, issues 1-4, page 81:

     This is wade fishing of the finest order, and at eight decades young, Bill Meshanic, the sage of the Finger Lakes Chapter of Trout Unlimited, is its biggest fan.