fifties
noun[plural]
uk/ˈfɪf.tiz/us/ˈfɪf.tiz/B2
A person's fifties are theperiodin which they areagedbetween 50 and 59:
五十多岁My dad'sinhis fifties.我爸爸五十多岁了。
the fifties
therangeoftemperaturebetween 50° and 59°:
(温度)五十多度It's beeninthe fifties allweek.整个星期温度都在五十多度。
B2
thedecade(=periodof tenyears)between 50 and 59 in anycentury, usually 1950–1959:
(二十世纪)五十年代Rock androllfirstbecamepopularinthe fifties.摇滚乐最早在二十世纪50年代开始流行。
Describing age & birthdays
- age
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- babyboomer
- gone
- junior
- knock
- millennial
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- ripe
- senior
- sixties
- something
- spring chicken
- take years offsomeoneidiom
- teens
- this side ofsomethingidiom
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Measurements of temperature
Decades, centuries & the millennium