age
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR Your age is the number of years that you have lived. (人的) 年齡
She has a nephew who is just ten years of age. 她有個才滿10歲的侄子。
At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina. 16歲時他取得了北卡羅來納大學的入學資格。
2. N-VAR The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. (物的) 年代
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building. 該房間里的一切看起來都和該樓的年代相符。
3. N-UNCOUNT Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 年長; 成長
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. 或許他已經(jīng)隨著年齡的增長變得更睿智了。
This cologne, like wine, improves with age. 這種科隆香水像葡萄酒一樣越陳越香。
4. V-T/V-I When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. 使顯老; 顯老
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months. 他曾一直顯得很年輕，但是在過去的幾個月里他似乎顯得老了。
5. N-COUNT An age is a period in history. 時代
...the age of steam and steel. …蒸汽與鋼鐵時代。
6. N-COUNT You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很長時間[非正式]
He waited what seemed an age. 他等了似乎很長時間。
7. →see also aged , aging , middle age
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age /e?d?/ (aging,aged,ages)
劍橋詞典
- Prokofiev started composing at the age of five.
- She's getting very forgetful in her old age.
- He's very mature for his age.
- He became a professional athlete at the age of 16.
- Hilary's the same age as me.
- the age of imperialism
- It's time this company moved into the computer age.
- The neolithic period is sometimes called the new stone age.
- Service industries such as tourism have become more important in the post-industrial age.
- Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern age
- It might take him ages but he'll do it eventually .
- It took me ages to pluck up the courage to ask for a promotion .
- I've been waiting in this queue for ages.
- It seems like ages since we last spoke .
- My sister always spends ages in the bathroom .
- Sunbathing can prematurely age and wrinkle the skin .
- She's aged a lot since we last saw her.
- The death of his wife had aged him greatly .
- A great deal of research has examined the effects of ageing on our physical and mental capacities .
- The whisky is aged for at least two years in oak barrels .
age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed
年齡，年紀；存在時間
Do you know the age of that building ? 你知道那座樓的歷史有多久嗎？
What age (= how old ) is your brother ? 你弟弟多大了？
I'd guess she's about my age (= she is about as old as I am). 我猜她和我年齡差不多。
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel . 她寫第一部小說時是74歲。
He left home at the age of 16. 他16歲時離開了家。
I was married with four children at your age. 像你這么大的時候我已經(jīng)結了婚并且有了4個孩子。
She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is). 她開始看上去與實際年齡一般大了。
I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old ). 我真的開始覺得老了。
His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is). 他的女朋友年齡比他大一倍。
?act your age!
said to someone to tell them to stop behaving like someone who is much younger
別孩子氣！成熟點吧！
?the age of consent
the age at which someone is considered by the law to be old enough to agree to have sex with someone
（可發(fā)生性行為的）法定年齡
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age noun (PERIOD)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a particular period in time
時代；時期
the Victorian age 維多利亞時代
the modern age 現(xiàn)代
the nuclear age 核時代
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age noun (LONG TIME)
?ages [ 名詞的復數(shù)形式 ] informal (also mainly UK an age [ 單數(shù)名詞 ])a very long time
很長時間
It takes ages to cook . 做飯要花很長時間。
I've been waiting for ages. 我已經(jīng)等了很長時間了。
It's been ages/an age since we last spoke . 我們好長時間沒有交談了。
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age noun (BEING OLD)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the fact of being or getting older
年老；衰老；老化；陳年
Her back was bent with age. 隨著年事增高，她的背駝了。
This cheese /wine improves with age. 這種奶酪／酒放的時間越長越好。
Her temper hasn't improved with age! 她的脾氣一點沒有隨著年齡增長而變好！
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