查词历史：
- a man of years a luck break
- 1. We are so familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident, like the cooling of a hot kettle or thewearing-out of a pair of shoes.
- 我们都非常熟悉人总是要衰老的这样一个事实，以致多年来人们就认为，随着时光的流逝而丧失活力或者越衰老就越可能死掉这一过程是不言而喻的，正象一壶热水会冷却，一双鞋子会穿破一样。
来自《用法词典》
- 2. A few years after his graduation from a university the man acquired the reputation of being a philosopher.
- 这个人从大学毕业后不久就获得了哲学家的名声。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The man went from rags to riches in a short period of about five years.
- 在短短的大约5年时间内，那个人就由贫致富。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
