age
[eidʒ]
n.年龄, 时代, 时期, 长时间
v.(使)变老, (使)陈化
例句与用法:
What is your age?
你多大年纪?
I haven't seen you for ages.
我好久没见到你了。
The period in which man learnt to make tools of iron is called the Iron Age.
人类学会用铁制造工具的时代称为铁器时代。
Anxiety ages us.
忧虑催人老。
词形变化:
名词: ager | 动词过去式: aged | 动词过去分词: aged | 动词现在分词: aging | 动词第三人称单数: ages |
n.
1. 年龄[C][U]
What's the age of that old building?
那座古老的建筑有多久的历史了?
2. (人生的)某一时期[U]
I used to play tennis there when I was your age.
当我在你这个年纪的时候, 我常在那里打网球。
3. 法定年龄; 成年[U]
Bob comes of age next week.
鲍勃下周到达法定年龄。
4. 老年[U]
My grandfather was bent with age.
我祖父年老背驼。
5. (常大写)时代[S1]
We live in the Space Age.
我们生活在太空时代。
6. 很长时间[P1]
I haven't seen him for ages.
我已好长时间没有见到他了。
vi.
1. 变老
Since her husband's death, she has aged considerably.
自从她丈夫去世后, 她老了许多。
2. 使(酒之)味道变醇; 成熟
The whisky has aged for twenty-five years.
这种威士忌酒已存放了二十五年了。
vt.
1. 使变老
The continual strain aged him.
持续的过度劳累使他变老了。
2. 使(酒之)味道变醇; 使成熟
The distiller has aged all his whisky for more than ten years.
制酒师把全部威士忌酒存放了十多年。
短语词组:
of age
1. 成年
Is your younger sister of age yet?
你妹妹成年了吗?
come of age
1. 到达法定年龄
He will come of age next year.
明年他将到达法定年龄。
over age
1. 超龄的
Jack won't be called up for military service; he is over age.
杰克不会被征召服役, 他已超龄。
age
名词复数:ages
过去式:aged
过去分词:aged
现在进行时:aging, ageing
词形变化:
名词: ager | 动词过去式: aged | 动词过去分词: aged | 动词现在分词: aging | 动词第三人称单数: ages |
同义词:
period | mature | time | era | epoch | time of life | ripen | grow | times | get on | stage | phase | stage of development | oldness | grow older | grow up | year | day | of | life | grow old | wrinkle | old | history | in | years | eld | old age | historic period | senesce | long time | maturate | develop |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
n.年龄; 时代
time of life
period in history
vi.变老; 成熟
ripen
mature
grow old
同义参见:
grow
wrinkle1
time
year
era
epoch
period
day
反义参见:
youth
nonage
age[eidʒ]n.1.■(人或事物的)年龄,年纪,年岁2.■寿(命);存活期;一生,毕生,终身3.■法定年龄;成年4.■(生命发展中的一个)阶段,时期5.■老,老态;老年,晚年6.■(一)代(约30年),世代7.■时期,时代;尤指8.■【地质学】代9.■人类发展的史前时代10.■(以某些名人或特色确定的)时代11.■[常用复数][口语]长时期,很长一段时间;许多年;几百年;长久12.■[常作复数][口语](感觉上)很长的一段时间13.■【心理学】(在智力等方面)达到的水平,智龄14.■(古代神话中的)时代(黄金时代、白银时代、青铜时代、英雄时代和黑铁时代)adj.1.■[用作表语][美国英语]…岁的(= aged)vi.1.■变老,显老,上年纪;变(陈)旧:She's ag(e)ing rapidly(或fast).她老得很快。2.■成熟,变成熟,(如酒、干酪、木制的东西)变陈:The wine aged well.酒变陈,味道香醇。a heavy port that ages slowly慢慢变陈的烈性波尔图葡萄酒3.■【化学】老化;陈化,熟化4.■(吸毒者随年龄增长而主动)戒毒,戒除毒品:She used to use a lot of drugs but now she's aged out.她曾吸食大量麻醉药,而今她已戒毒了。vt.1.■使老,使变老,使显老,使衰老,催老;使变旧:Fear and anxiety aged her overnight.恐惧与忧愁使她一夜之间变老了。2.■使变(陈)旧;使变陈;使成熟;使老化:to age cheese使干酪成熟to age wine使酒变陈3.■【化学】使老化;使陈化;使熟化4.■估计,推测(马的年龄)近义词periodact one's age举止与年龄相称;举止有大人气,(多指少年)不再孩子气a dog's age[口语]好久,长时间,多日[美国英语亦作a coon's age]Age and wedlock tames man and beast.[谚语]年龄和婚姻,驯人也驯牲。age before beauty年龄比相貌重要[常常被年轻女子用作对年长男子的戏谑恭维语],小孩必须让老人age out[美俚](尤指三四十岁的吸毒瘾君子)慢慢到了没瘾头的年纪(指40岁左右的犯罪分子)渐渐到了停止犯罪活动的年纪at one's age在…这个年龄(或岁数)at the age of在…岁的时候bear one's age well不显老,长相比实际年龄年轻be(或come) of age成年,达到法定年龄(通常为18岁或20岁)充分发展,发达,成熟be of an age达到(做某事)年龄属某一年龄的到了中年的同年的,同岁的be one's age= act one's agebe over age超龄的,超过某一年龄限制的be under age未成年的;未到适当(或法定或规定)年龄的,不足龄的for an age[口语]很久,好久,很长的时间[亦作for ages]for one's age就年龄来说from(或with)age随着年龄的增长;年久from age to age从一个时代到另一个时代,世世代代green old age精力充沛的晚年,老而健壮hoary with age老得白发苍苍in all ages历代,寿命,今昔(皆然)in the flower of one's age年轻力壮时期look one's age看上去和年龄相称,容貌与年龄相称of a certain age[委婉语](指妇女)不算年轻了;中年的ripe old age高龄,晚年show one's age显示老态,显老;显得精神不济the age of anxiety忧虑重重的时代The age of miracle is past.[谚语]神话时代业已过去。(指现代人当见怪不怪)the awkward age将成年未成年的时期,未成熟的青春期The golden age is never the present age.[谚语]黄金时代绝不是当代。(指不满现实的旧时文人往往怀念昔日美好时光)变形vi.agedaging或ageing
ageage[eidʒ]n.1.■年龄2.■龄期3.■老年, 晚年4.■寿命; 一生5.■世纪时代, 时期6.■[口]很长的时间7.■累积量8.■进程full age成年golden age黄金时代; 文艺的全盛时期an age ago一代人以前, 多年以前
词性变化agevi.1.■上年纪, 显老, 变老2.■【化】老化, 陈化; 经时, 养护, 时效He is aging rapidly.他老得很快。agevt.1.■催人老, 使人老2.■使老化, 使陈化Grief ages us.忧伤逼人老。
继承用法agelong[ˈeɪdʒlɔŋ]adj.1.■持久的, 绵延的
noun
- the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed
年龄
he died from a heart attack at the age of 51.
他51岁时死于心脏病。
his wife is the same age as Una.
他的妻子和尤娜同年。
he must be nearly 40 years of age.
他肯定近40岁了。
young people between the ages of 11 and 18.
11到18岁的年轻人。
■a particular stage in someone's life
人生的特定阶段
children of primary school age.
学龄儿童。
■[mass noun]the latter part of life or existence; old age
晚年,老年
with age this gland can become sluggish.
随着年龄增大,这种腺可能变得迟缓起来。 - a distinct period of history
年代,时代
an age of technological growth.
技术发展的年代。
a child of the television age.
电视时代的孩子。
■(Geology)a division of time that is a subdivision of an epoch, corresponding to a stage in chronostratigraphy
(地质)代
■(archaic)a lifetime taken as a measure of time; a generation
(古)一生;一(时)代
Nestor is said to have lived three ages when he was ninety years old.
传说涅斯托耳到90岁时经历了三个时代。
■(ages/an age)(informal)a very long time
(非正式)很长时间
I haven't seen her for ages.
我很长时间没见她了。
- [no obj.]grow old or older, especially visibly and obviously so
(尤指显而易见地)年龄增长,变老
you haven't aged a lot.
你没怎么变老。
the tiredness we feel as we age.
随着年龄增长我们感到的疲劳。
■[with obj.]cause to grow, feel, or appear older
使长大,使显老,变老
he even tried ageing the painting with a spoonful of coffee.
他甚至试着用一勺咖啡来让画看起来古旧。
■(especially with reference to an alcoholic drink) mature or allow to mature
(尤指酒精饮料)变得陈香;使醇香
[no obj.]the wine ages in open vats or casks.
葡萄酒在敞口的大木桶中变得陈香。
■[with obj.]determine how old (something) is
决定(某物)的年龄
we didn't have a clue how to age these animals.
我们无从知晓这些动物的年龄。
act (或 be) one's age
- [usa. in imperative]behave in a manner appropriate to someone of one's age and not to someone much younger
行为与年龄相称
- (of a person) reach adult status (in UK law at 18, formerly 21)
(人)成年(英国法律现规定18岁成年,原为21岁)
■(of a movement or activity) become fully established
(运动,活动)完全确定,成熟
space travel will then finally come of age.
太空旅行终将实现。
- old enough to be able or expected to do something
到了…的年龄
the sons are of an age to marry.
儿子们到了结婚的年龄。 - (of two or more people or things) of a similar age
(两者,多人,多物)年龄近似的
the children all seemed of an age.
孩子们看起来差不多大。
- Middle English : from Old French, based on Latin aetas, aetat-, from aevum 'age, era'
age
名词 age:
how long something has existed
an era of history having some distinctive feature
同义词:historic period
a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
同义词:eld
a late time of life
同义词:old age, years, eld, geezerhood
a prolonged period of time
动词 age:
begin to seem older; get older
grow old or older
同义词:senesce, get on, mature, maturate
make older
age
■A rare congenital disorder of childhood that is characterized by rapid onset of the physical changes typical of old age, usually resulting in death before the age of 20.
(儿童的)早衰症一种少见的少年身体机能失调,以类似年老的身体快速变化为特征,其结果通常导致二十岁之前死亡。
■In1955, Einstein's life ended at the age of seventy-six.
1955年,爱因斯坦逝世了,终年76岁。
■At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.
20岁我们按意愿做事; 30岁我们凭智慧做事; 40岁我们靠判断做事。
■A movie rating that allows admission only to persons of a certain age, usually 17, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
R级,电影的限制级一种电影分级,允许一定年龄以下(通常为17岁)的人在家长或保护人陪同下才能观看。
■A child who could read at the age of one would indeed be a phenomenon.
一个一岁的孩子能阅读,会被认为是个神童。
■A woman in the middle age comes in, and follows a crowd of child later.
一位中年妇女走进来,后面跟着一群孩子。
■Upon reaching an appropriate age, children are encouraged, but not forced, to "leave the nest".
一达到适当的年龄,孩子们就被鼓励,而不是被强迫,"离开老窝"。
■Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
中年始于:当你要开始打高尔夫求则嫌太年轻,要打篮球又嫌太老之时。
■A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say when he was a boy of eighteen.
主教年届八十,仍旧像他还是个年方十八的小伙子之时被吩咐要做的那样,把那一套讲了六十多年的老话继续讲下去。
■The leaves of the book had yellowed with age.
书页因年久而变黄。
■People have assumed new value in this age of reform.
人们在这个改革的年代已经接受了新的价值观念。
■Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
人到中年老在想着:再过一、两个星期就会跟以往一样健康。
■The period in which man learnt to make tools of iron is called the Iron Age.
人类学会用铁制造工具的时代称为铁器时代。
■The best age for marriage is a vexed question.
什么年龄结婚最合适是一个众说纷纭的问题。
■From about1880 to1903 was truly the golden age of mountaineering.
从大约1880年到1903年,确实是登山运动的黄金时期。
■He was already balding at the age of 25.
他25岁就秃顶了。
■He was composing at the piano at the age of seven.
他7岁时就会钢琴作曲。
■He lived to be [to the age of]80.
他一直活到了80岁。
■His first appearance on stage was at the age of three.
他三岁时初次登台。
■He lied about his age to join the army.
他为了参军谎报了年龄。
■He began to scratch along for himself at an early age.
他从很小的时候起就开始自己挣饭吃。
■She was embarrassed when they asked her age.
他们问她的年龄时,她窘得很。
■He ran away from home at the age of thirteen.
他十三岁那年就离家出走了。
■He was excused by reason of his age.
他因为年龄的关系而得到宽恕。
■His face is seamed with age.
他因年老而满脸皱纹。
■He has dotage because of old age.
他因年老而糊里糊涂。
■His face was wrinkled with age.
他因年老而脸部起了皱纹。
■Now he's getting towards retirement age he's started playing golf.
他因接近退休年龄,就打起高尔夫球来了。
■He kicked in at the ripe old age of90.
他在九十高龄时去世。
■He come to the fore as a physicist at an early age.
他在早年就成了杰出的物理学家。
■He has occupied a couple of years of green old age in writing memories of himself.
他在老年健壮的时候花了一两年功夫写回忆录。
■At such a young age, he's accomplished more than an average person can not do in a lifetime.
他小小年纪就已经做到一个普通人一辈子都完成不了的事情。
■He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。
■He attained the age of 25 before marrying.
他年届廿五始完婚。
■Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
■He had been deserted by his mother at a tender age and brought to this country by his grandparents.
他很小的时候就被母亲遗弃了,是他的祖父母把他带到这个国家的。
■He got skinning in his blood at a very early age.
他很早就迷上了,滑雪运动。
■He has always assorted with men of his age.
他总是与和他年令相仿的人交往。
■He is a Dane inasmuch as he was born in Denmark, but he became a British citizen at the age of 30.
他按其出生在丹麦来说是丹麦人,但他在30岁时成了英国公民。
■He cites as an example the teaching of the laws of motion in physics, which he says are accessible at an early age when a computer is used to assist in the instruction.
他援引教授物理学方面的一些运动定律为例,说明当计算机用于辅助教学时,学生在幼年就能够理解这些定律。
■He prefers to assort with people of his own age.
他更喜欢与自己的同龄人交往。
■He attained to a very great age.
他活到了很大年纪。
■He lived to a great age.
他活到很大年纪。
■He has attained full age now.
他现在已成年了。
■His son is a precocious child who could play the piano at the age of three.
他的儿子是一个三岁就能弹奏钢琴的早慧儿童。
■His hoary hair showed his age.
他的花白的头发显示出了他的年龄。
■He often retraces the happy time during his young age.
他经常回忆起年轻时代的幸福时光。
■Old age had befogged his mind.
他老糊涂了。
■He said he would rather not tell his age.
他说他还是不告诉我年龄为好。
■It's unheard of for a boy of his age to gain university entrance.
他这样年纪的孩子上大学,可真是闻所未闻。
of age
1. 成年
Is your younger sister of age yet?
你妹妹成年了吗?
come of age
1. 到达法定年龄
He will come of age next year.
明年他将到达法定年龄。
over age
1. 超龄的
Jack won't be called up for military service; he is over age.
杰克不会被征召服役, 他已超龄。
习惯用语a dog's age1.■[口]好久, 长时间act one's age1.■行为和年龄相称be one's age1.■行为和年龄相称at the age of1.■在...岁时be of an age1.■达到(做某事)年龄; 同岁bear one's age well1.■不显老be of age1.■成年; 足龄; 成熟(通常为十八或二十岁)发达, 充分发展come of age1.■成年; 足龄; 成熟(通常为十八或二十岁)发达, 充分发展be over age1.■超过[未达]适龄be under age1.■超过[未达]适龄Dark Ages1.■黑暗时代(指欧洲中世纪)down the ages1.■自古以来, 从古至今feel one's age1.■感到老了for an age1.■很长的时间, 很久for ages1.■很长的时间, 很久for one's age1.■就年龄来说from age1.■随着年龄的增长; 因年久with age1.■随着年龄的增长; 因年久from age to age1.■世世代代green old age1.■精力充沛的晚年hoary with age1.■老得白发苍苍in all ages1.■今昔(皆然), 历代in one's age1.■在老年It is ages since ...1.■自从...以来已经很久了It is anage since ...1.■自从...以来已经很久了look one's age1.■容貌与年龄相称of a certain age1.■(妇女)不算年轻了; 中年的of all ages1.■古往今来的(事情); 老老少少的(人)over age1.■超龄ripe old age1.■高龄,晚年show one's age1.■显出老态; 显得精神不济tender age1.■幼年the awkward age1.■将成年未成年的时期to all ages1.■直到千秋万代under age1.■未成年; 未到规定年龄ages ago1.■从前; [口]老早, 早就age of consent1.■[律]承诺年龄, (女子)婚姻自主的法定年龄特殊用法absolute age1.■【地质】绝对年龄achievement age1.■学业完成年龄adolescent age1.■青春期adult age1.■成人期anatomical age1.■解剖学年龄Anthropolithic age1.■石器时代atomic age1.■原子时代automation age1.■自动化时代basic age1.■基础[起始]年龄bearing age1.■结实(年)龄Binet age1.■比内氏年龄, 智力年龄Bone Age1.■[古]骨器时代bronze age1.■铜器时代chronological age1.■日历年龄(按出生年月排列的年龄)climacteric age1.■更年期crop age1.■林分平均年龄cutting age1.■采伐龄data age1.■取数据时间diurnal age1.■【地物】日潮潮龄ecological age1.■生态年龄educational age1.■【心理】教育年龄electronic age1.■电子时代emotional age1.■感情成熟年龄entrance age1.■入学年龄exploitable age1.■经济的利用龄, 可采伐利用龄Fermi age1.■【核】费密年龄fertilization age1.■受精龄fission track age1.■裂变径迹年龄flying age1.■飞行年龄[时代]furnace age1.■【冶】炉龄geologic age1.■地质代[期]glacial age1.■冰期Gold Age1.■古希腊艺术的黄金时代(公元前五世纪)Great lce age1.■【地质】大冰期information age1.■信息化时代iron age1.■铁器时代isotopic age1.■同位素年龄jet age1.■喷气(技术)时代; 喷气发动机寿命jetomic age1.■喷气原子时代late-middle age1.■壮年lawful age1.■成年, 法定年龄legal age1.■成年, 法定年龄little ice age1.■【地质】小冰期Magdalenian age1.■【古】马格达连时代marriageable age1.■结婚年龄menstrual age1.■月经年龄mental age1.■心理[智力]年龄Mesolithic age1.■中石器时代Middle Ages1.■欧洲中世纪missile age1.■导弹寿命[时代]neolithic age1.■新石器时代neutron age1.■【核】中子年龄New Stone Age1.■新石器时代normal final age1.■法正伐期龄old age1.■【地质】老年期Old Stone Age1.■旧石器时代ore-lead age1.■【地质】矿铅年龄ovulational age1.■排卵龄Palaeolithic age1.■旧石器时代pastoral age1.■畜牧时代phase age1.■【地物】潮龄planting -stock age1.■定植苗龄pluvial age1.■【地质】洪积时期potassium-argon age1.■钾-氩(法测得的)年龄pre-school age1.■学前年龄, 学前期radiocarbon age1.■放射性碳(的年)龄radiometric age1.■【地质】放射测年代radium age1.■【核】镭龄reproductive age1.■生殖年龄retirement age1.■退休年龄rotation age1.■轮伐龄rubidium-strontium age1.■铷-锶(法测得的)年龄Silver Age1.■古希腊艺术的白银时代(公元前四世纪)silvical final age1.■自然伐期龄statutory school age1.■法定强迫入学[义务教育]年龄stone age1.■石器时代strain age1.■应变时效subject age1.■学科年龄supersonic age1.■超音速飞行时代technical cutting age1.■工艺采伐龄thorium-lead age1.■钍-铅(法测得的)年代topographic old age1.■老年地形期uranium age1.■【地质】铀年龄uranium-lead age1.■铀-铅(法测得的)年龄working age1.■工龄youthful age1.■少年期; 青年期age of catalyst1.■催化剂寿命age of cathodes1.■阴极工作时间age of concrete1.■混凝土龄期Age of Copper1.■青铜时代age of diurnal inequality1.■【地物】日潮不等潮龄age of enlightenment1.■启蒙时代age of ferns1.■蕨类时代age of fishes1.■【地质】鱼类时代age of gymnosperms1.■裸子植物时代age of mammals1.■哺乳动物时代age of parallax inequality1.■【地物】视差不等的潮龄age of phase inequality1.■【地物】月相不等潮龄age of reason1.■理性时期age of reptiles (=reptilian age)1.■爬行动物时代age of stand1.■林龄age of suckling1.■襁褓时期, 哺乳期age of tide1.■【地物】潮龄age of vessel1.■船龄age to absorption1.■到被吸收为止的中子龄age to indium resonance1.■慢化到铟共振能量的中子龄age to thermal1.■慢化到热中子能的中子龄