英语词源
- anecdotage (n.)
- "anecdotes collectively," 1823, from anecdote + -age. As a jocular coinage meaning "garrulous old age" it is recorded from 1835, and led to anecdotard.
权威例句
- 1. My grandfather is in his anecdotage.
- 我的祖父已年老.
- 2. Grandfather is in his anecdotage.
- 爷爷年老话多,爱谈往事.
- 3. The student is forced to listen to the dark anecdotage of the sea dog.
- 学生不得不听这个老练的水手讲述他那黑暗的陈年往事.
- 4. When a man fall into his anecdotage, it is a sign for him to retire.
- 当一个人开始好谈往事, 是年届退休之兆.