In the case of a spring chicken, " spring" means young.

在例子" a spring chicken（年轻人）" 中的" spring" 的意思是年轻。

She is not very young. She is no spring chicken.

她不是很年轻，所以她不是“童子鸡”。

You would not call someone who is young a spring chicken.

你不会称呼一个年轻人为" a spring chicken" 。

If someone is old, we can say they are no spring chicken.

如果某人年纪大了，我们可以说他们不年轻了。

Well, I'm no spring chicken, he says, but I'll do my best!

" 嗯，我不是小年轻（be no spring chicken）了，" 他说，" 但我会尽力的！"

So, we use this expression in the negative form, as in " no spring chicken" .

因此，我们用否定的形式使用这个表达，比如" no spring chicken（不再年轻）" 。

Now let's talk about my sister. She is not very young. She is no " spring chicken."

现在谈谈我的妹妹吧，她已经不小了，不是年轻幼稚的女子。

And while the older amongst us may be no spring chickens anymore, growing old gracefully is no bad thing.

虽然我们中的老年人可能不再年轻，但优雅地老去并不是一件坏事。

Frank McCourt was quite a bit younger when he published Angela's Ashes, but he's still no spring chicken.

弗兰克·麦考特的《安吉拉的灰烬》出版时比她要年轻不少，但也决不是什么童子鸡小雏儿。

However, " spring chicken" is also an informal, humorous way to refer to someone who isn't young at all.

但" spring chicken" 也是一种非正式的、幽默的方式表达某人不再年轻。

You're no spring chicken ma'am, and those eggs aren't exactly farm fresh. - OK, stop referring to me as poultry!

你不是雏鸡，夫人，蛋也不够新鲜。- 够了，别把老我比喻成禽类！

Anyway, 60s — spring chicken in American terms (laughter), isn't it?

不管怎样，60 年代——用美国人的话来说就是春鸡（笑声）， 不是吗？

But a spring chicken would be a young chicken – a young person.

但是春鸡将是一只年轻的鸡——一个年轻人。

You're not exactly a spring chicken, Professor.

你又不是个毛头小子了 教授。

Sing for an An India is no spring chicken.

印度不是春天的鸡。

A " spring chicken" is an informal term, sort of an old-fashioned term for a young person.

“春鸡” 是一个非正式用语， 有点像对年轻人的老式称呼。

It's true that we're not spring chickens anymore, but who wants all of the angst of youth?

的确， 我们不再是春鸡了，但谁想要青春的所有焦虑呢？

But Singh, born in India, is no spring chicken – he's 100 years old and his recent feat has made him the world's oldest marathon runner.

不过，出生于印度的辛格年纪可不小了——他100岁了，他这次的马拉松成绩使他成为了世界上年龄最大的马拉松选手。

We were afraid of being followed, so after having put away three omelets and a couple of spring chickens we resumed our journey.

我们怕被跟踪， 收拾好三个煎蛋卷和两只春鸡， 又继续赶路。

While I'm testing my forearm strength, let's take this opportunity to look back at Monet's early life, when he was just a spring chicken.

在我测试小臂力量的同时，让我们借此机会回顾一下莫奈的早年生活，那时他还只是一只春鸡。