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Age Years Aged Phrase Number 例:The 例:He N Var

单词 age
音标
英[eɪdʒ] 美[edʒ]
解释
n.年龄;时代;老年;年龄段;vt.& vi.(使)长大;使显老;使变老;使苍老;vi.[化学]老化;陈化,熟化;(吸毒者随年龄增长而主动)戒毒,戒除毒品;vt.[化学]使老化;使陈化;使熟化;估计,推测(马的年龄);
例句

N-VAR
年龄
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
例:She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...她有一个才10岁的侄子。
例:At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...16岁时,他就有资格进入汉堡大学。

N-VAR
寿命
The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
例:Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。

N-UNCOUNT
老年;变老
Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
例:Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...可能随着年纪增长,他变聪明了。
例:The fabric was showing signs of age...这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。

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.
例:He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...他原来一直看起来很年轻,但最近几个月他显得老了。
例:He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.他虽然只有三十五六岁,但忧虑让他很显老。

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.
例:Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...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。
例:Whisky loses strength as it ages.存放时间越久,威士忌的口味越淡。

N-COUNT
(一)代;时代;时期
An age is a period in history.
例:...the age of steam and steel.蒸汽和钢铁时代
例:...items of Bronze Age pottery.青铜器时代的陶器

N-COUNT
很长的时间
You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
例:He waited what seemed an age...他等了似乎很长时间。
例:The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.公共汽车过了很长时间才来。

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.

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.
例: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。

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

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.
例: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。
例:...under age smoking.未成年吸烟
变形
third:ages~done:aged~pl:ages~ing:agingageing~past:aged~

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