age
- IPA[āj]
美式
- the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed；a particular stage in someone's life
- grow old or older, especially visibly and obviously so；cause to grow, feel, or appear older
noun: age, plural noun: ages
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed he died from a heart attack at the age of 51 he must be nearly 40 years of age 同義詞
- ▪ a particular stage in someone's life children of primary school age
- ▪ the latter part of life or existence; old age with age this gland can become sluggish 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. a distinct period of history an age of technological growth a child of the television age 同義詞
- ▪ a division of time that is a subdivision of an epoch, corresponding to a stage in chronostratigraphy.
- ▪ archaic a lifetime taken as a measure of time; a generation Nestor is said to have lived three ages when he was ninety years old
- ▪ British informal a very long time I haven't seen her for ages it would take an age to tell her everything 同義詞
動詞
- 1. grow old or older, especially visibly and obviously so the tiredness we feel as we age you haven't aged a lot
- ▪ cause to grow, feel, or appear older he even tried aging the painting with a spoonful of coffee
- ▪ (especially with reference to an alcoholic drink) mature or allow to mature the wine ages in open vats or casks
- ▪ determine how old (something) is we didn't have a clue how to age these animals
