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age
eɪdʒ eɪdʒ
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense ages, present participle ageing, present participle aging, past tense , past participle aged
The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English. 亦拼作aging，主要用于美国英语。
1 N-VAR 年龄 Your age is the number of years that you have lived. 年龄

  • 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. [+ of]

    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。

2 N-VAR 寿命 The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. 寿命

  • Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building. [+ of]

    房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。

3 N-UNCOUNT 老年；变老 Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 老年；变老

  • 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。

SYN old age, experience, maturity, completion
4 V-ERG （使）变老；（使）显老 When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. （使）变老；（使）显老

  • He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months. [VERB]

    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. [VERB noun]

    他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。

SYN grow old, decline, weather, fade
5 V-ERG （使）变陈；（使）成熟 When food or alcohol is aged or when it ages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour. （使）变陈；（使）成熟 [Also VERB n]

  • Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful. [V-ed in]

    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. [VERB]

    存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。

SYN mature, season, condition, soften
6 N-COUNT （一）代；时代；时期 An age is a period in history. （一）代；时代；时期

  • ...the age of steam and steel. [+ of]

    蒸汽和钢铁时代

  • ...items of Bronze Age pottery.

    青铜器时代的陶器

SYN time, day(s), period, generation
7 N-COUNT 很长的时间 You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很长的时间 [informal]

  • 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。

SYN a long time, years, forever, a lifetime
8 See also: aged  ageing  coming of age  dark age  golden age  Ice Age  Iron Age  middle age  Stone Age 
9 PHRASE 举止和年龄相称 If someone tells you to act your age, 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. 举止和年龄相称 [disapproval]
10 PHRASE 成熟；发达 If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people. 成熟；发达

  • 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。

11 PHRASE 成年;达到法定年龄 When someone comes of age, they become legally an adult. 成年;达到法定年龄

  • 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。

12 PHRASE 未到合法年龄的;未成年的 Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink. 未到合法年龄的;未成年的

  • 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

Quotations
Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old Jonathan Swift Thoughts on Various Subjects
The days of our age are threescore years and ten Bible: Psalm 90
Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing; age, which forgives itself anything, is forgiven nothing George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists
With age, the mind grows slower and more wily Mason Cooley City Aphorisms
Age appears to be best in four things - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read Francis Bacon Apophthegms, no. 97
If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself Eubie Blake (on reaching the age of 100)
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be Robert Browning Rabbi Ben Ezra
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed Anthony Powell Temporary Kings
There is still no cure for the common birthday John Glenn
Trends of age
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