age
英 [eɪdʒ]
美 [eɪdʒ]
n. 年龄; 年龄段; (历史上的)时代,时期
v. 变老; 使显老; 使变老; 使苍老; (使)成熟,变陈
复数:ages 过去分词:aged 现在分词:ageing 第三人称单数:ages 过去式:aged
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.363 / COCA.386
习惯用语
n.
- be/act your age
- 行为和年龄相称;举止不再有孩子气
to behave in a way that is suitable for sb of your age and not as though you were much younger come of age - 成年;达到法定年龄
when a person comes of age , they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities - 成熟;发达
if sth comes of age , it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it look your age - 容貌与年龄相当
to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older under age - 未到法定年龄
not legally old enough to do a particular thing - It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age.
售香烟给未到法定年龄的儿童是非法的。 of advanced yearssb's advanced age - 高龄;年事已高
used in polite expressions to describe sb as ‘very old’ - He was a man of advanced years.
他年事已高。 - Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself!
我虽说是黄昏暮年,也还懂得如何找乐儿! of a certain age - 不算年轻的;年纪不轻的;中年的
if you talk about a person being of a certain age , you mean that they are no longer young but not yet old - The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.
这个节目中年观众感兴趣。 in this day and age - 当代;当今;在今天这个时代
now, in the modern world feel your age - (尤指与较年轻者比)感到自己上年纪了,意识到自己老了
to realize that you are getting old, especially compared with people you are with who are younger than you a/the grand old age - 高龄
a great age - She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.
她终于在70岁高龄学会了开车。 a/the ripe old age (of…) - (…的)高龄
an age that is considered to be very old - He lived to the ripe old age of 91.
他活到了91岁的高龄。
牛津词典
noun
- 年龄
the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed- He left school at the age of 18.
他18岁读完中学。 - She needs more friends of her own age.
她需要更多的同龄朋友。 - children from 5–10 years of age
5至10岁的儿童 - Young people of all ages go there to meet.
不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。 - When I was your age I was already married.
我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。 - He started playing the piano at an early age .
他幼年开始弹钢琴。 - All ages admitted.
老幼均可入内。 - Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare.
12岁以上儿童须购全票。 - She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old) .
她开始感到自己上年纪了。 - He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age) .
以他的年龄,他算高个子。 - There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).
他们的年龄相差很大。 - ways of calculating the age of the earth
计算地球年龄的方法
- He left school at the age of 18.
- 年龄段
a particular period of a person's life- middle age
中年 - 15 is an awkward age.
15岁是个尴尬的年纪。 - He died of old age.
他终其天年。
- middle age
- (历史上的)时代,时期
a particular period of history- the nuclear age
核时代 - the age of the computer
计算机时代
- the nuclear age
- 老年;陈年;破旧;老化
the state of being old- Wine improves with age .
陈酒味浓。 - The jacket was showing signs of age.
这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。 - the wisdom that comes with age
随着年龄而增加的智慧
- Wine improves with age .
- 很长时间
a very long time- I waited for ages .
我等了好长时间。 - It'll probably take ages to find a parking space.
大概得老半天才能找到停车位。 - Carlos left ages ago .
卡洛斯老早就离开了。 - It's been an age since we've seen them.
我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。
- I waited for ages .
- 期
a length of time which is a division of an epoch
verb
- 变老
to become older- As he aged, his memory got worse.
他随着年事增高,记忆力就变差了。 - The population is aging (= more people are living longer) .
人口正在老龄化。
- As he aged, his memory got worse.
- 使显老;使变老;使苍老
to make sb/sth look, feel or seem older- The shock has aged her.
这次打击让她显得苍老了。 - Exposure to the sun ages the skin.
太阳曝晒会使皮肤粗老。
- The shock has aged her.
- (使)成熟,变陈
to develop in flavour over a period of time; to allow sth to do this- The cheese is left to age for at least a year.
这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。 - The wine is aged in oak casks.
这种酒是用栎木酒桶陈放的。
- The cheese is left to age for at least a year.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 年龄
Yourageis the number of years that you have lived.- She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
她有一个才10岁的侄子。 - At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
16岁时,他就有资格进入汉堡大学。 - I admired him for being so confident at his age.
我钦佩他这般年纪就如此自信。
- She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
- N-VAR 寿命
Theageof a thing is the number of years since it was made.- Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。
- Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
- N-UNCOUNT 老年;变老
Ageis the state of being old or the process of becoming older.- Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...
可能随着年纪增长,他变聪明了。 - The fabric was showing signs of age...
这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。 - The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient.
岁月最无情的痕迹留在了那块看起来明显很古老的织物上。
- Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...
- V-ERG (使)变老;(使)显老
When someoneages, or when somethingagesthem, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.- He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
他原来一直看起来很年轻,但最近几个月他显得老了。 - He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
他虽然只有三十五六岁,但忧虑让他很显老。
- He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
- V-ERG (使)变陈;(使)成熟
When food or alcoholis agedor when itages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour.- Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期,所以口味极佳。 - Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放时间越久,威士忌的口味越淡。
- Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
- N-COUNT (一)代;时代;时期
Anageis a period in history.- ...the age of steam and steel.
蒸汽和钢铁时代 - ...items of Bronze Age pottery.
青铜器时代的陶器
- ...the age of steam and steel.
- N-COUNT 很长的时间
You can sayan ageoragesto mean a very long time.- He waited what seemed an age...
他等了似乎很长时间。 - The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
公共汽车过了很长时间才来。
- He waited what seemed an age...
- See also:agedageingcoming of agedark agegolden ageIce AgeIron Agemiddle ageStone Age
- 举止和年龄相称
If someone tells you toactyourage, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way. - PHRASE 成熟;发达
If somethingcomes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.- Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。
- Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
- PHRASE 成年;达到法定年龄
When someonecomes of age, they become legally an adult.- The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.
在埃迪达到法定年龄之前,该公司将委托他人代为经营。
- The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.
- PHRASE 未到合法年龄的;未成年的
Someone who isunder ageis not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.- Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
因为她还未成年,她的父母仍然应为她负责。 - ...under age smoking.
未成年吸烟
- Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English. 亦拼作aging,主要用于美国英语。
英英释义
noun
- how long something has existed
- it was replaced because of its age
- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
- she was now of school age
- tall for his eld
- a late time of life
- old age is not for sissies
- he's showing his years
- age hasn't slowed him down at all
- a beard white with eld
- on the brink of geezerhood
- a prolonged period of time
- we've known each other for ages
- I haven't been there for years and years
- an era of history having some distinctive feature
- we live in a litigious age
verb
- grow old or older
- She aged gracefully
- we age every day--what a depressing thought!
- Young men senesce
- begin to seem older
- The death of his wife caused him to age fast
- make older
- The death of his child aged him tremendously
双语例句
- She has a nephew who is just ten years of age
她有一个才10岁的侄子。 - Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放时间越久,威士忌的口味越淡。 - I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
我见到了这帮小伙子,他们多数和我年龄相仿。 - The boy has reached an adult age and ought to be earning his own living.
这孩子已经(到了)成年,应该自食其力了。 - The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient.
岁月最无情的痕迹留在了那块看起来明显很古老的织物上。 - I admired him for being so confident at his age.
我钦佩他这般年纪就如此自信。 - He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
他虽然只有三十五六岁,但忧虑让他很显老。 - She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator.
她根据作者、年龄和插图画家分别为该书编了索引。 - Her face was a revelation of age and dissipation.
她的脸暴露了她的年龄和放荡的生活。 - At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg
16岁时,他就有资格进入汉堡大学。