age

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柯林斯詞典

age /e?d?/ (aging,aged,ages)

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(gè)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(shí)他取得了北卡羅來納大學(xué)的入學(xué)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(zhǎng); 成長(zhǎng)
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. 或許他已經(jīng)隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)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(gè)月里他似乎顯得老了。
5. N-COUNT An age is a period in history. 時(shí)代
...the age of steam and steel. …蒸汽與鋼鐵時(shí)代。
6. N-COUNT You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間[非正式]
He waited what seemed an age. 他等了似乎很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
7. →see also aged , aging , middle age

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劍橋詞典

age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)

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.

age noun (PERIOD)

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

age noun (LONG TIME)

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 .

age noun (BEING OLD)

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 .

習(xí)語

come of age

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