-age

suff.1. a. Collection; mass: sewerage.b. Amount: footage.2. Relationship; connection: parentage.3. Condition; state: vagabondage.4. a. An action: blockage.b. Result of an action: breakage.5. Residence or place of: vicarage.6. Charge or fee: cartage.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *-āticum, abstract n. suff., from Latin -āticum, n. and adj. suff.]

-age

suffix forming nouns 1. indicating a collection, set, or group: acreage; baggage. 2. indicating a process or action or the result of an action: haulage; passage; breakage. 3. indicating a state, condition, or relationship: bondage; parentage. 4. indicating a house or place: orphanage. 5. indicating a charge or fee: postage. 6. indicating a rate: dosage; mileage. [from Old French, from Late Latin -āticum, noun suffix, neuter of -āticus, adjectival suffix, from -ātus -ate¹ + -icus -ic]

age

(eɪdʒ)

n., v. aged, ag•ing age•ing. n. 1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time mentioned: trees of unknown age. 2. a period of human life, measured by years from birth, when a person is regarded as capable of assuming certain privileges or responsibilities: the age of consent. 3. the particular period of life at which a person becomes qualified or disqualified for something: to be over the age for military service. 4. one of the periods or stages of human life: middle age. 5. advanced years; old age: His eyes were dim with age. 6. a generation or a series of generations: ages yet unborn. 7. the period of history in which an individual lives: the most famous architect of the age. 8. (often cap.) a particular period of history; a historical epoch: the Periclean Age. 9. Usu., ages. a long period of time: You've been away for ages. 10. the average life expectancy of an individual or the individuals of a class or species: The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years. 11. (often cap.) a. a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature: the Ice Age. b. a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed. v.i. 12. to grow old: She is aging gracefully. 13. to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood. v.t. 14. to cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. 15. to bring to maturity; make ready for use: to age wine. Idioms: of age, having reached adulthood, esp. as specified by law: to come of age. [1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage <aé (< Latin aetātem acc. of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime)]

-age

a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring orig. in loanwords from French (courage; voyage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of” (spoilage; wreckage), “place of living or business” (brokerage; parsonage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage). [Middle English < Old French < Latin -āticum, neuter of -āticus adj. suffix]

单词	-age
释义	-age -age suff.1. a. Collection; mass: sewerage.b. Amount: footage.2. Relationship; connection: parentage.3. Condition; state: vagabondage.4. a. An action: blockage.b. Result of an action: breakage.5. Residence or place of: vicarage.6. Charge or fee: cartage. [Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin -āticum, abstract n. suff., from Latin -āticum, n. and adj. suff.] -age suffix forming nouns* 1. indicating a collection, set, or group: acreage; baggage. 2. indicating a process or action or the result of an action: haulage; passage; breakage. 3. indicating a state, condition, or relationship: bondage; parentage. 4. indicating a house or place: orphanage. 5. indicating a charge or fee: postage. 6. indicating a rate: dosage; mileage. [from Old French, from Late Latin -āticum, noun suffix, neuter of -āticus, adjectival suffix, from -ātus -ate¹ + -icus -ic] age (eɪdʒ) n., v. aged, ag•ing age•ing. n. 1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time mentioned: trees of unknown age. 2. a period of human life, measured by years from birth, when a person is regarded as capable of assuming certain privileges or responsibilities: the age of consent. 3. the particular period of life at which a person becomes qualified or disqualified for something: to be over the age for military service. 4. one of the periods or stages of human life: middle age. 5. advanced years; old age: His eyes were dim with age. 6. a generation or a series of generations: ages yet unborn. 7. the period of history in which an individual lives: the most famous architect of the age. 8. (often cap.) a particular period of history; a historical epoch: the Periclean Age. 9. Usu., ages. a long period of time: You've been away for ages. 10. the average life expectancy of an individual or the individuals of a class or species: The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years. 11. (often cap.) a. a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature: the Ice Age. b. a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed. v.i. 12. to grow old: She is aging gracefully. 13. to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood. v.t. 14. to cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. 15. to bring to maturity; make ready for use: to age wine. *Idioms:* of age, having reached adulthood, esp. as specified by law: to come of age. [1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage <aé (< Latin aetātem acc. of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime)] -age a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring orig. in loanwords from French (courage; voyage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of” (spoilage; wreckage), “place of living or business” (brokerage; parsonage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage). [Middle English < Old French < Latin -āticum, neuter of -āticus adj. suffix] EncyclopediaSeeageLegalSeeAge
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