| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | age (eɪdʒ ) Word forms: ages , ageing , aged language note: The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English. 1. variable noun A1 Your age is the number of years that you have lived. She has a nephew who is just ten years of age. At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg. [+ of] I admired him for being so confident at his age. 2. variable noun A1 The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building. [+ of] 3. uncountable noun Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. The fabric was showing signs of age. The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient. Synonyms: old age, experience, maturity, completion 4. verb When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months. [VERB] He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: grow old, decline, weather, fade 5. ergative verb 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. Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful. [V-ed in] Whisky loses strength as it ages. [VERB] Synonyms: mature, season, condition, soften 6. countable noun B1+ An age is a period in history. ...the age of steam and steel. [+ of] ...items of Bronze Age pottery. Synonyms: time, day(s), period, generation 7. countable noun B1+ You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. [informal] He waited what seemed an age. The bus took absolutely ages to arrive. Synonyms: 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. to act one's age phrase B2 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. [disapproval] 10. come of age phrase If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people. The New York Yankees' stadium is where baseball came of age. 11. come of age phrase When someone comes of age, they become legally an adult. The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age. Synonyms: reach adulthood, mature, develop, grow up 12. under age phrase Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink. Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her. ...under age smoking. Quotations: Every man desires to live long, but no man would be oldThoughts 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 nothingMaxims for Revolutionists With age, the mind grows slower and more wilyCity 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 readApophthegms, no. 97 If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself Grow old along with me! The best is yet to beRabbi Ben Ezra There is still no cure for the common birthday Collocations: age category The 25-29 age category had most pregnancies, with 221,400, and rates also increased 7,500 for those in their 30s. The Sun But she will not go against any official advice designed to protect people in her age category. The Sun He also won silver in the 400m relay and bronze in the decathlon as he competed in the 80-to-84 age category. The Sun For younger readers in this age category. Times, Sunday Times More often, however, it comes down to the culture of competitiveness that pervades every age category of grassroots sport. Times, Sunday Times Also, notice the percentage of people within the 18-29 year age cohort who believe in witchcraft-37 percent. Christianity Today To work out what happens to an age cohort, one has to wait decades to see how things pan out. Times, Sunday Times It's all so simple and one-click that her entire age cohort seems to know about it. Times, Sunday Times As well, levels of knowledge have been shown to change dramatically within the same age cohort over time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Among older age cohorts, 15.9% are 45 to 64 years old, and 8.7% were 65 years of age or older. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The corresponding eigenvector provides the stable age distribution, the proportion of individuals of each age within the population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both the age distribution and median age are typical of college towns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The age distribution shows 68,936 residents are age 18 and older and 23,953 residents are under 18 years of age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Assume the rectangular stationary age distribution and let also the ages of infection have the same distribution for each birth year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The age distribution consisted of 23.3% persons under the age of 18 and 16.6% aged 65 or over. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The series was set in the age of dinosaurs who were farmed for their meat by cowboys from the future. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he discovers a stone tablet that transports him to the age of dinosaurs, it's a dream come true.... until it becomes a nightmare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They overshoot the present and end up in the distant past, in the age of dinosaurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were a different breed, living right at the end of the age of dinosaurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The age of exploration was one big buffet. Times, Sunday Times That we do may hark back to an earlier age of exploration and discovery, an endless cultural search for undiscovered islands of the mind. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, they retained a clear presence in the three regions which received their particular attention during the original age of exploration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The couple are required to be of the age of maturity and have a sense of responsibility. The Sun It was like a whole new age of maturity had dawned. Times, Sunday Times Each yellow-footed tortoise in the wild reaches the age of maturity at about 810 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It establishes the qualifications to be selected as a juror and establishes an age of maturity for the inheritance of title or land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only the male members of the family are controllable, once they reach the age of maturity, 16 years old. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Increases in stressors have speeded loss and decreased the age of onset of both types. Times, Sunday Times The age of onset varies between 4 months and 12 months, with a peak incidence at about 7 months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A longer repeat results in an earlier age of onset and a faster progression of symptoms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In one study it was found that the mean age of onset was around 8 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pattern of osteoarthritis combined with the early age of onset provides evidence of labor that resulted in mechanical strain to the neck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their work has shown that seeds age prematurely in zero gravity but not catastrophically so, taking an average of only two hours longer to germinate. Times,Sunday Times He suggests that products based on certain harsh ingredients (as found in many of these new cosmeceutical ranges) could oversensitise the skin, causing it to age prematurely. Times, Sunday Times This was the kind of occasion that makes members of his profession age prematurely. Times, Sunday Times As his health began to give way, he began to age prematurely and fell into fits of despondency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such findings might be dismissed as being due to illnesses making people feel they have aged prematurely. Times,Sunday Times Without an increase, the population of 1.4 billion threatens to age rapidly, causing labour shortages and pensions pressure. Times, Sunday Times This caused him to age rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He began to age rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She could not maintain her rosarium any longer and both she and her rosarium were aging rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was aging rapidly, and was increasingly a figurehead. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The marriage rate in 2006 was the lowest in 144 years, while the average age at marriage has risen by fi ve years since 1991. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A generation ago the average age to settle a home loan was just 51. The Sun (2013) The average age of the festivalgoer is 23. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The average age of the operas being performed is 164 - even older than the average operagoer. Times, Sunday Times (2018) The average age for men at first marriage was the mid-twenties. America Past and Present (1995) It was like being in a bygone age. The Sun (2011) Like the railway itself, this peaceful film is a throwback to a bygone age. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The nation's road network, for the most part running north-south, reflects a bygone age: goods were made in the North, distributed in the Midlands and consumed in the South East. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Most of the immigrants were between the ages of 18 and 35 years, childbearing age. An Introduction to Community Health (1995) This relatively common hormonal issue affects between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age. Christianity Today (2000) This is because women of childbearing age are advised to have no more than one or two servings a week. The Sun (2011) In recent years, the tour has chosen bands that have fans more of the demographic age group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The plan evolved into making a viewer-generated channel aimed at an audience demographic age 1834. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While advertisers are primarily interested in the 18 to 49-year-old demographic age group, classic country usually attracts an older audience. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The whole apparatus of paper licences and detector vans seems positively archaic in the digital age. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The electronics industry is understood to feel that the tax, introduced in the 1960s on blank recording tapes, is outdated in a digital age. Times, Sunday Times (2006) How do you hype up a big album in the digital age? Times, Sunday Times (2016) Indeed, the broadcaster would step squarely into the digital age, becoming part of a ' triple play' offering: television, broadband internet and telephony. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It is, in theory, easy to channel-hop in our digital age. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Would she consider drastic measures such as raising the legal drinking age? Times, Sunday Times Raise the drinking age to 21, bring back old licensing laws and shut down problem clubs. The Sun As the youngest member, you were under the legal drinking age for a lot of your time in the band anyway, weren't you? The Sun I think it has something to do with the drinking age. The Sun Raising the drinking age would have immense practical difficulties. Times, Sunday Times She was hothoused in classical music from an early age, reaching grade eight in piano and violin. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Though she showed an aptitude for science, from an early age her inclinations were artistic. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In both cases, this was partly attributed to playing so much football at an early age. The Sun (2013) That sounds clichéd and corny, but she was the one who got me into vintage from such an early age. The Sun (2016) At an early age she enjoyed knitting and crochet, and at eight was making clothes for her dolls. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The median gestational age at the cordocentesis was 29 weeks and the average number of procedures was 2.1. 2008, 'Cálculo do volume de sangue necessário para a correção da anemia fetal em gestantes isoimunizadas Blood volume calculation required for the correction of fetal anemia in pregnant women with alloimmunization', Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia The ascendance of the conus correlated moderately with gestational age. 2014, 'Fetal magnetic resonance imaging of normal spinal cord: Evaluating cord visualization and conus medullaris position by T2-weighted sequences', Biomedical Journal If they presented after 13 weeks of gestation, biparietal diameter and femur length were measured to confirm gestational age. 2014, 'Introduction of Routine Obstetric Ultrasound in an Urban Health Center: Results and Benefits', Journal of Medical Ultrasound Results: curves and tables of biparietal diameter and head circumference in relation to gestational age were obtained. 1999, 'Curva de crescimento do diâmetro biparietal e da circunferência cefálica na gestação gemelar Growth curve of the biparietal diameter and head circumference in twin gestation', Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia Further studies are warranted including reconfirmation of the present findings in infants with lower gestational age. 2015, 'Do Sustained Lung Inflations during Neonatal Resuscitation Affect Cerebral Blood Volume in Preterm Infants? A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.', PLoS ONE In the industrial age change happened in a year or a decade - in the internet age it happens in a heartbeat. Times, Sunday Times Nevertheless, the 6:1 approach was all the rage in the industrial age. Times, Sunday Times Before the industrial age, people made their own music, pictures, ballads, plates; and some of the most gifted artisans became famous. Times, Sunday Times Our thinking on defence has become mired in 'industrial age' arguments. Times, Sunday Times In today's increasingly automated economy, the relative egalitarianism of our industrial age will be replaced by a social order more akin to feudalism. Times, Sunday Times The daughters are not mentioned by name during their youth, only appearing when they reach marriageable age and play an important part in building alliances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As most adults who reached marriageable age often lived into their sixties, two-thirds of a person's life was spent married. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This should not be confused with the age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, or the marriageable age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both are of marriageable age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These age specifications include voting age, drinking age, age of consent, age of majority, age of criminal responsibility, marriageable age, age of candidacy, and mandatory retirement age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their mean age was 41.9 years, and endometria were evaluated in 25 of these patients. 2018, 'Risk of synchronous endometrial disorders in women with endometrioid borderline tumors of the ovary', Journal of Ovarian Research The mean age of recurrent patients was significantly higher than nonrecurrent patients (34.8 versus 28.5 years; p<0.05). 2016, 'Clinical Behavior of Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma in Young Patients: A Single Center Experience', Scientifica The mean age was 264.6 ± 21.8 days postconception. 2015, 'Evaluating the change in central corneal thickness in neonates (term and preterm) in Indian population and the factors affecting it', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology The mean age at eruption of the first primary tooth for all the infants was 6.82 ± 1.90 months. 2019, 'Associations of maternal, perinatal and postnatal factors with the eruption timing of the first primary tooth', Scientific Reports The median age will be in the middle twenties. MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986) The median age was 22; the average height was four inches shorter. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The median age stands at 30, outside the target group. The Sun (2012) The median age was 55 (interquartile range 45–67 years) and 51.7% were females. 2018, 'Profile of patients with hypertensive urgency and emergency presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania', BMC Cardiovascular Disorders The minimum age for budding ice-climbers is 13. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Now many are calling for a minimum age limit of 18 to be placed on salons across England. The Sun (2009) Maintaining 18 as the legal minimum age for voting not only goes against the mantra of 'no taxation without representation'. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was looking for a new generation of toys that would augment the traditional doll and tin soldier and reflect the modern age. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It charts the rise of the college dropout who became one of the modern age's most innovative entrepreneurs. The Sun (2011) They will thereby be paying homage to a great work by one of the great cultural figures of the modern age. Times, Sunday Times (2013) As the population ages and the birthrate falls the dependency ratio (the ratio of non-workers to workers) rises. Times, Sunday Times A bad situation will only get worse as the population ages. Times, Sunday Times The number could double within 30 years as the population ages. Times, Sunday Times Care homes are already facing unprecedented financial pressures, with local authority support being cut and costs increasing as the population ages. Times, Sunday Times The needs of patients have changed dramatically as the population ages and technology advances. Times, Sunday Times But in this postmodern age, it seems to have been replaced by something more prosaic: falling out of love. Times, Sunday Times And it has never been more complicated than in our postmodern age of mash-ups and multiples and reworkings. Times, Sunday Times Solipsism, egocentrism, obscurity - still so common in poetry even in this postmodern age - are unlikely to deliver the goods. Times, Sunday Times In a postmodern age, plot, storyline, action and language have all become redundant. Times, Sunday Times Yet it fell to this late night geek sitcom- no, really - to adapt that concern for the postmodern age. Times, Sunday Times Just before she reached the age of 2 she received a gastrostomy (a surgical incision into the stomach). Times, Sunday Times (2007) ` Well, he's reached the age of discretion, if only in some respects. OUT OF THE ASHES Twenty percent of the men of the first generation reached the age of eighty. America Past and Present (1995) If you reached the age of 35 in those gruelling years you were reckoned to have an unusually robust constitution. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Scientists reckon genes play a big part in the way our skin ages. The Sun The theory goes that these chemical messengers stimulate the production of the feelgood hormone serotonin and reduce stress hormones that crank up the rate at which skin ages. Times, Sunday Times Antioxidants also help control the rate at which your skin ages by protecting cells from damage. The Sun As skin ages, the genes that produce such molecules appear to become less active and the ability to retain water diminishes, leading eventually to wrinkles. Times, Sunday Times Mature men look 'distinguished' rather than wrinkly simply because their skin ages more slowly. Times, Sunday Times In fact, has there been an artist in any medium who simply walked away from their genius at such a tender age? Times, Sunday Times Recorded at the tender age of 16 she demonstrates a sophistication beyond her years. The Sun Even at the tender age of 9, he may well be right. Times, Sunday Times To do nothing because we feel uneasy about the tender age could be unwise. Times, Sunday Times Despite her tender age, she already has years of business experience. The Sun In the survey of 557 people, less than a quarter thought dropping the voting age below 18 was a good idea. Times, Sunday Times What would be the point of lowering the voting age? Times, Sunday Times Some campaign groups are pushing for the voting age to be lowered to 16, to enfranchise millions of school-age young people. Times, Sunday Times The unexpectedly large scale of the defeat last night heaped pressure on the government to climb down from its opposition to reducing the voting age. Times, Sunday Times My key manifestos are lowering the voting age to 16, greater political education and engaging more young people in politics. The Sun It may just be that you are developing male-pattern baldness at a young age. The Sun (2008) He spent 15 years with the company, during which he rose through the ranks to become operations director at the relatively young age of 31. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He built model planes from a young age. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I started singing gospel music at a very young age. The Sun (2012) He'd never known his father, and his mother had also died at a young age. THE KEYS OF HELL (2002) Translations: Chinese: 年龄 Japanese: 年齢 |
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