| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | noun | verb ageage1 /eɪdʒ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1HOW OLD [countable, uncountable] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed: Francis is the same age as I am.the age of something No one knows the exact age of the Earth.at the age of He died at the age of 98. The missing girl is nine years of age. Kids can start learning a second language at an early age (=very young). Heart disease can affect women at any age.for somebody’s age Anne’s very tall for her age (=compared with others of the same age).at somebody’s age It’s harder to get up the stairs at my age (=when someone is as old as me).over the age of The discount is for people over the age of 55.2LEGAL AGE [uncountable] the age when you are legally old enough to do something: What’s the minimum age for getting a driver’s license? Jeff managed to buy the beer, even though he was obviously under age (=too young). The normal retirement age used to be 65.3PERIOD OF LIFE [countable, uncountable] one of the particular periods of someone’s life: He’s at that awkward age when teenagers don’t talk to their parents. The show is sure to delight people of all ages. The drug is not recommended for women of childbearing age. → see also middle age, old age, teenage4BEING OLD [uncountable] the condition or fact of being old: with age The newspapers were brown with age (=because of being old). The furniture was showing signs of age (=looking old).5PERIOD OF HISTORY [countable usually singular] a particular period of history: The tools were made during the Iron Age. We are living in the computer age.► see thesaurus at time1 → see also in this day and age at day (15), golden age6come of age a)reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult b)if something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept is as being important, valuable, etc.: Movies really came of age in the 1940s.7ages [plural] a long time: in/for ages Steve! I haven’t seen you for ages![Origin: 1200–1300 Old French aage, from Latin aetas, from aevum lifetime, age]COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1, 2, & 3adjectives/nouns + ageold age (=the time when you are old) Susan was counting on her children to take care of her in her old age.middle age (=between about 40 and 60) He had reached early middle age without ever marrying.an advanced age (=a very old age) Doctors thought the surgery was too risky at his advanced age.an early age (=a very young age) She read a lot from a very early age.a tender age (=a young age – used to emphasize that someone is very young) She got married at the tender age of 19.a difficult/awkward age (=used mainly about the time when people are teenagers) Thirteen to sixteen is often a difficult age.somebody’s own age She should really be dating boys her own age.the legal age The legal age for renting a car there is 25.the minimum age Thirty-five is the minimum age to be president of the United States.the retirement age The retirement age is gradually being raised from 65 to 67.the voting age The voting age is 18 in all states.childbearing age (=the age at which a woman can have a baby) Smoking rates among women of childbearing age have fallen.age + nounsan age group/bracket/range Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease.an age limit There’s no upper age limit for drivers.verbsget/live to an age (also reach an age) In some countries, one in three children die before they reach the age of five.raise the age (=increase the official age at which you are allowed to do something) They raised the age for buying cigarettes to cut down on teenage smoking.lower the age The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.look your age (=look as old as you really are) The singer is 46, but she doesn’t look her age at all.feel your age (=feel old) At 60, I really started feeling my age.act your age (=used when an adult or older child is behaving childishly and you want him or her to behave better) It’s time he started acting his age.ask somebody’s age (=ask how old someone is) It’s rude to ask a woman her age.range in age The children range in age from 6 to 17. noun | verb ageage2 ●●○ verb 1[intransitive, transitive] to look or seem older, or to make someone or something look older: I was shocked to see how much she’d aged.2[intransitive] to become older: As we age, we need less sleep.3[intransitive, transitive] if a food or alcohol ages or is aged, it is kept in controlled conditions to develop a better taste, smell, etc.: whiskey that is aged for ten years in oak barrels4age well if someone or something old has aged well, he, she, or it seems younger than you expect: The film has aged well, and is now considered a classic. |
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