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graybeard

/grey-beerd/US // ˈgreɪˌbɪərd //

灰胡子,灰袍人,灰熊,灰袍子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
    • : bellarmine.

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Examples

  • This year’s crop of rookies have joined a league in which graybeards Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Ben Roethlisberger are all expected to start full-time.

  • The old man had taken the young man's part, and the youth that of the graybeard.

  • All three phases of time belong to man, the past to the graybeard, the future to youth, and the present to childhood.

  • What charm could such a one as she is find in a graybeard like myself?

  • Take that, honest graybeard, for the old hunter (forces a heavy purse upon him).

  • A graybeard with a young face came out rubbing the sleep from his eyes.