old-man

Australia not-comparable

(Australia) (applied to plants and animals) Of exceptional size or age. / (Australia) (applied to weather) Of exceptional intensity.

Japanese Meaning

（オーストラリアの用法）植物や動物に対して、並外れた大きさや年齢のものを指す / （オーストラリアの用法）気象現象に対して、並外れた激しさを示す

The old-man eucalyptus towered over the landscape, its trunk wider than a car.

その古くて巨大なユーカリが風景にそびえ立ち、幹は車よりも太かった。

Sense（1）

(Australia) (applied to plants and animals) Of exceptional size or age.

Along the banks of the Georgina are alternate patches of old-man scrub and strips of plain country.

Sense（2）

(Australia) (applied to weather) Of exceptional intensity.

They Say: That the wild ducks have tipped an "old man flood."