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old hand

老手,老鸟,老手锏,老手儿

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.

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Examples

  • Dixon, the old hand at 40, knows it’s very early in the race and seems content to relax, put his car on speed control and sit in third.

  • She is an old hand at this nerve-racking experience, having gone through it with Perseverance’s predecessors Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity.

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.

  • To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.

  • Eating disorders, on the other hand, are driven largely by biological processes that occur on the inside.

  • He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.

  • She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.

  • The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.