age

美 [eɪdʒ]
英 [eɪdʒ]
  • n.年龄;年龄段;时期;老年
  • v.变老;使显老;使变老;使苍老
  • 网络时代;年纪;寿命
复数:ages  现在分词:aging  过去式:aged  
AGE
n.
1.
[c][u]
年龄the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed
He left school at the age of 18.
他 18 岁读完中学。
She needs more friends of her own age.
她需要更多的同龄朋友。
children from 5–10 years of age
5 至 10 岁的儿童
Young people of all ages go there to meet.
不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。
When I was your age I was already married.
我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。
He started playing the piano at an early age .
他幼年开始弹钢琴。
All ages admitted.
老幼均可入内。
Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare.
12 岁以上儿童须购全票。
She was beginning to feel her age(= feel that she was getting old) .
她开始感到自己上年纪了。
He was tall for his age(= taller than you would expect, considering his age) .
以他的年龄,他算高个子。
There's a big age gap between them(= a big difference in their ages) .
他们的年龄相差很大。
ways of calculating the age of the earth
计算地球年龄的方法
2.
[u][c]
年龄段a particular period of a person's life
middle age
中年
15 is an awkward age.
15 岁是个尴尬的年纪。
He died of old age.
他终其天年。
3.
[c]
(历史上的)时代,时期a particular period of history
the nuclear age
核时代
the age of the computer
计算机时代
4.
[u]
老年;陈年;破旧;老化the state of being old
Wine improves with age .
陈酒味浓。
The jacket was showing signs of age.
这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。
the wisdom that comes with age
随着年龄而增加的智慧
5.
[pl]
(informal)
很长时间a very long time
I waited for ages .
我等了好长时间。
It'll probably take ages to find a parking space.
大概得老半天才能找到停车位。
Carlos left ages ago .
卡洛斯老早就离开了。
It's been an age since we've seen them.
我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。
6.
[c]
a length of time which is a division of an epoch
IDM
be/act your age
行为和年龄相称;举止不再有孩子气to behave in a way that is suitable for sb of your age and not as though you were much younger
come of age
成年;达到法定年龄when a personcomes of age , they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities
成熟;发达if sthcomes of age , it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it
look your age
容貌与年龄相当to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older
It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age.
售香烟给未到法定年龄的孩子是非法的。
under age
未到法定年龄not legally old enough to do a particular thing
It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age.
售香烟给未到法定年龄的孩子是非法的。
v.
1.
[i]
变老to become older
As he aged, his memory got worse.
他随着年事增高,记忆力就变差了。
The population is aging(= more people are living longer) .
人口正在老龄化。
2.
[t]
使显老;使变老;使苍老to make sb/sth look, feel or seem older
The shock has aged her.
这次打击让她显得苍老了。
Exposure to the sun ages the skin.
太阳暴晒会使皮肤粗老。
3.
[i][t]
(使)成熟,变陈to develop in flavour over a period of time; to allow sth to do this
The cheese is left to age for at least a year.
这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。
The wine is aged in oak casks.
这种酒是用栎木酒桶放陈的。

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