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" 。

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！"

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。

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。

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。

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。