age

读音：[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：

rejuvenate |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.年龄; 时代

vi.变老; 成熟

同义参见:

反义参见:

age[eidʒ]n.
1.翻译：(人或事物的)年龄，年纪，年岁
2.翻译：寿(命)；存活期；一生，毕生，终身
3.翻译：法定年龄；成年
4.翻译：(生命发展中的一个)阶段，时期
5.翻译：老，老态；老年，晚年
6.翻译：(一)代(约30年)，世代
7.翻译：时期，时代；尤指
8.翻译：【地质学】代
9.翻译：人类发展的史前时代
10.翻译：(以某些名人或特色确定的)时代
11.翻译：[常用复数][口语]长时期，很长一段时间；许多年；几百年；长久
12.翻译：[常作复数][口语](感觉上)很长的一段时间
13.翻译：【心理学】(在智力等方面)达到的水平，智龄
14.翻译：(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.翻译：[用作表语][美国英语]…岁的(＝ aged)vi.
1.翻译：变老，显老，上年纪；变(陈)旧：She's ag(e)ing rapidly(或fast).她老得很快。
2.翻译：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.翻译：【化学】老化；陈化，熟化
4.翻译：(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.翻译：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.翻译：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.翻译：【化学】使老化；使陈化；使熟化
4.翻译：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

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

同义词：long time, years

动词 age:

begin to seem older; get older

grow old or older

同义词：senesce, get on, mature, maturate

make older

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

1. 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。

2. In1955, Einstein's life ended at the age of seventy-six.

1955年，爱因斯坦逝世了，终年76岁。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

6. 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。

7. 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"。

8. 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。

9. 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。

10. The leaves of the book had yellowed with age.

书页因年久而变黄。

11. 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。

12. 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。

13. 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。

14. 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。

15. 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。

16. He was already balding at the age of 25.

他25岁就秃顶了。

17. He was composing at the piano at the age of seven.

他7岁时就会钢琴作曲。

18. He lived to be [to the age of]80.

他一直活到了80岁。

19. His first appearance on stage was at the age of three.

他三岁时初次登台。

20. He lied about his age to join the army.

他为了参军谎报了年龄。

21. 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。

22. She was embarrassed when they asked her age.

他们问她的年龄时，她窘得很。

23. He ran away from home at the age of thirteen.

他十三岁那年就离家出走了。

24. He was excused by reason of his age.

他因为年龄的关系而得到宽恕。

25. His face is seamed with age.

他因年老而满脸皱纹。

26. He has dotage because of old age.

他因年老而糊里糊涂。

27. His face was wrinkled with age.

他因年老而脸部起了皱纹。

28. 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。

29. He kicked in at the ripe old age of90.

他在九十高龄时去世。

30. 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。

31. 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。

32. 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。

33. 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。

34. He attained the age of 25 before marrying.

他年届廿五始完婚。

35. Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.

他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。

36. 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。

37. He got skinning in his blood at a very early age.

他很早就迷上了，滑雪运动。

38. He has always assorted with men of his age.

他总是与和他年令相仿的人交往。

39. 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。

40. 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。

41. He prefers to assort with people of his own age.

他更喜欢与自己的同龄人交往。

42. He attained to a very great age.

他活到了很大年纪。

43. He lived to a great age.

他活到很大年纪。

44. He has attained full age now.

他现在已成年了。

45. 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。

46. His hoary hair showed his age.

他的花白的头发显示出了他的年龄。

47. 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。

48. Old age had befogged his mind.

他老糊涂了。

49. He said he would rather not tell his age.

他说他还是不告诉我年龄为好。

50. 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。

51. Age has mellowed his attitude to some things.

他随著年龄的增加，对某些事情的看法已日趋成熟。

52. The prize was up for grabs to anyone under16 years of age.

任何16岁以下的人都可以参加这场奖品的争夺。

53. Any person over the age of20 can take out a driving licence.

任何一个20岁以上的人都可以申请领取驾驶执照。

54. In spite of her age Elizabeth is still going strong.

伊丽莎白尽管年纪大了，仍然精力充沛。

55. The Elizabethan period was the golden age of English drama.

伊丽莎白时期是英国戏剧的黄金时代。

56. Eva carries off her age well.

伊娃巧妙地隐瞒了年龄。

57. Bertrand Russell, one of the great thinkers of our age.

伯特兰拉塞尔当代伟大的思想家之一。

58. Galileo's ideas were in advance of the age in which he lived.

伽利略的思想超越了他生活的时代。

59. Galileo's ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived.

伽利略的思想远远超越了他所生活的时代。

60. The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age.

作出这些刻记的游牧人，依靠狩猎和捕鱼生活在冰河时代的晚期。

61. What is your age?

你多大年纪？

62. Since you are already of age now, you should solve the problems by yourself.

你已经成年了，这些问题要自己解决。

63. How maddening to have your younger brother tower over you, at his age, too!

你弟弟小小的年龄竟高出你一大截，真令人恼火！

64. Clark once said, "I was born bald!" and indeed his hair was already a thing of the past when he made his screen debut at the age of 33.

克拉克曾说过：“我天生秃顶！”的确如此，当他33岁那年首次上银幕时，他们头发已是明日黄花了。

65. At the age of sixty he took up the study of Russian.

六十岁时，他开始学俄语。

66. Don't do that; you ought to know better at your age.

别干那事，你在这个年龄，你该学得乖一点了。

67. At the age of12 the boy was already a veteran traveller, having been all over the world with his father.

十二岁时，那男孩已是个见多识广的旅行家了，因为他跟父亲游遍过世界各地。

68. But I saw him myself in a disco as large as life, dancing with a girl half his age.

可是我在一家迪斯科舞会上亲眼看到他，千真万确，他在和一个年龄只他一半大的姑娘跳舞。

69. Mr Smith had been admitted to the bar at the age of30 and turned politician.

史密斯先生30岁时获准执行律师事务，后转而从政。

70. No. a ratty-hair bookworm, in this day and age?

噢！现在都什么时代了，还有这种满头邋遢头发的书呆子？

71. Because of the age difference, Rosemary's older companion had the reputation of being a sugar daddy.

因为年龄的差异，罗斯玛丽的老男友有在少女身上滥花钱的老色迷之名声。

72. At the age of thirteen, Tom was left penniless by the death of his father, so he had his own way to make.

在13岁时汤姆的父亲死了，没留分文给他，所以，他得自食其力。

73. There were many people with leprosy around the age of thirty.

在三十年代有很多麻疯病人。

74. At this age, you should be able to subtract one fraction from another.

在你这个年龄，你应该会演算分数减法了。

75. At your age, you should be able to work out your own future.

在你这个年龄，你应该能够决定自己的前途。

76. In most countries men are called up at the age of eighteen.

在大多数国家，男人在18岁应征入伍。

77. In an age of enlightenment such cruelty is unforgivable.

在文明时代，这麽残忍是不能宽恕的。

78. In the old society, he was compelled to fend for himself at the age of14.

在旧社会，他十四岁时就被迫自己独立谋生。

79. The Augustan age of English literature includes the writers Dryden, Swift and Pope.

在英国文学的全盛时期 有德莱顿，斯威夫特和蒲柏等文豪。

80. In Britain, people get the vote at the age of18.

在英国，人们到十八岁有选举权。