age

age读音音标

英 [eɪdʒ]

美 [edʒ]

age意思解释

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）

变形

复数：ages

过去式：aged

过去分词：aged

现在分词：agingageing

第三人称单数：ages

双语释义

n.(名词)

[C][U]年龄,年纪 the amount of time that sb/sth has been in the world[U]人生的一个阶段 one of the periods of a person\'s life[U]老年,老 being old[S]时代,时期 a certain time in history

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 长大,变老; 使苍老 become old or seem oldvi. 变陈,变醇厚 become fitter for use with the passage of time; have a fully-developed taste

英英释义

age

[ eidʒ ]

n.

how long something has existed

\"it was replaced because of its age\"

an era of history having some distinctive feature

\"we live in a litigious age\"

同义词：historic period

a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

\"she was now of school age\"

同义词：eld

a late time of life

\"old age is not for sissies\"; \"age hasn\'t slowed him down at all\"

同义词：old ageyearseldgeezerhood

a prolonged period of time

\"we\'ve known each other for ages\"

同义词：long timeyears

v.

begin to seem older; get older

\"The death of his wife caused him to age fast\"

grow old or older

\"She aged gracefully\"; \"we age every day--what a depressing thought!\"

同义词：senesceget onmaturematurate

make older

\"The death of his child aged him tremendously\"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～act one\'s age举止与年龄相称ask sb\'s age问某人的年龄be of age成年carry one\'s age well年老而精力旺盛come of age成年live to a great age活到高龄look one\'s age和年龄相称provide against age防老reach an age of活到生命中的某一阶段take sb ages花某人很多时间形容词+～adult age成年early age早年golden age黄金时代great age很大的年纪,高寿,高龄middle age中年old age高龄present age当代,现代ripe age成年the Dark A-欧洲中世纪,黑暗时代the Middle A-中世纪young age童年名词+～college age入大学年龄high-school age入中学年龄school age入学年龄preschool age学龄前时期the Ice A-冰川时代the Iron A-铁器时代the New Stone A-新石器时代the Stone A-石器时代～+名词an age ago许久以前介词+～at an age在某一年龄during the age在…时代for an age很久以前for ages好久look young for one\'s age看上去比实际上年轻from age to age世世代代,一代一代(地)in all age历来,今昔,常常in an age在一个时代be of an age属于某一年龄的people of all age各种不同年龄的人be over age超过适龄年限through the ages历来,千秋万代be under age未达适龄年限～+介词age of 80 80岁用作动词 (v.)～+副词age a lot老了许多age fast老得很快age overnight一夜之间变老了age very much老了许多age well陈得好age considerably老了很多age greatly老多了age quickly老得很快age rapidly老得很快age visibly明显地变老

词组短语

at the age of

在…岁

of age

成年

old age

老年；晚年

at one\'s age

在…这个年龄(或岁数)

information age

信息时代

years of age

岁；年岁

new age

n. 新时代；新世纪

with age

随着年龄的增长；因年久

for one\'s age

就其年龄而论

age group

同年龄范围内的人

middle age

中年；中世纪

average age

平均年龄

young age

年轻时代；童年

golden age

黄金时代；鼎盛时期

ice age

冰期；[地]冰河时代

modern age

现代；当代

stone age

石器时代

digital age

数字时代；数字化时代

age structure

年龄构成；年龄分布

retirement age

退休年龄

同近义词辨析

times, epoch, age, era, period

这组词都有“时期、时代”的意思，其区别是：

times

侧重某一特定时期。

epoch

正式用词，侧重指以某重大事件或巨大变化为起点的新的历史时期。

age

常指具有显著特征或以某杰出人物命名的历史时代或时期。

era

书面语用词，指历史上的纪元、年代，可与epoch和age互换，侧重时期的延续性和整个历程。

period

*普通用词，概念广泛，时间长短不限，既可指任何一个历史时期，又可指个人或自然界的一个发展阶段。

mature, age, develop, ripen

这组词都有“成熟、长成”的意思，其区别是：

mature

指生物自然发育成熟或丰满或使其能起正常作用，还可指人获得智慧、经验或变得世故。

age

一般指使人过早成熟，强调已走向衰老。

develop

侧重使某一种类或个体潜在本能进化完全，词义比mature广泛。

ripen

侧重已到长生成熟的顶点。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)What is your age?你多大年纪？The child is at an impressionable age.这孩子正处于易受影响的年龄。We are living in the age of technology.我们生活在工业技术时代。Rome was in its prime in the age of Augustus.罗马帝国的全盛期是在奥古斯都时代。Each civilization has its golden age.每个文明都有它的鼎盛时期。I haven\'t seen you for ages.我好久没见到你了。用作动词(v.)Anxiety ages us.忧虑催人老。The death of his wife caused him to age fast.他妻子的死使他变老了许多。The wine is put into oak casks to age.酒被放进橡木桶中变陈。The cheese is left to age for at least a year.这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。