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单词 aging
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
age /eɪdʒ/USA pronunciation   n., v., aged, ag•ing or age•ing. 
n. 
  1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed;
    length of life or existence: [uncountable]Trees of unknown age.[countable]Their ages are 10 and 13.
  2. a period of human life, measured by years from birth, when a person is regarded as having certain powers or being qualified for certain privileges or responsibilities:[uncountable]has reached the age of reason;is under the legal drinking age;was over the age of military service.
  3. one of the periods or stages of human life:[uncountable]a person of middle age.
  4. [uncountable] advanced years;
    old age: His eyes were dim with age.
  5. a generation or a series of generations:[countable]the ages not yet born.
  6. the period of history in which an individual lives:[countable* often singular]the most famous architect of the age.
  7. a particular period of history;
    a historical epoch:[countable* often: Age]the Bronze Age.
  8. a long period of time:[countable* often plural]I haven't seen you for ages.
  9. average life expectancy:[countable]The ages of different species of horses vary from 25 to 30 years.

v. 
  1. to (cause to) grow old: [no object]She is aging gracefully.[~ + object]Worry aged him overnight.
  2. to (cause to) come to maturity: [no object]The wine aged in great wooden barrels.[~ + object]cheese aged for at least three years.
Idioms
  1. Law be or come of age, to reach an age at which one may vote, etc., as specified by law:had to be of age to drink beer legally.

    age is both a noun and a verb, aged and aging are adjectives but they can also be used as plural nouns:His age is twenty-one. He aged dramatically during the crisis. The aged have rights, too. The aging generation needs a variety of social services.

-age, suffix.  -age is used to form noncount mass or abstract nouns:
  1. It is used to form nouns from other nouns, with meanings such as "collection'' (coinage = a collection or group of coins) and "quantity or measure'' (footage = quantity of feet in measurement).
  2. It is also used to form nouns from verbs, with meanings such as "process'' (coverage = the act or process of covering), "the outcome of, the fact of '' or "the physical effect or remains of '' (spoilage = the result of spoiling;
    wreckage = the remains of wrecking), and "amount charged'' (towage = charge for towing;
    postage = amount charged for posting, that is, sending through the mail).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
age  (āj),USA pronunciation n., v., aged, ag•ing or age•ing. 
n. 
  1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed;
    length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
  2. a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity:the age of discretion;the age of consent;The state raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 years.
  3. the particular period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything:He was over age for military duty.
  4. one of the periods or stages of human life:a person of middle age.
  5. advanced years;
    old age:His eyes were dim with age.
  6. a particular period of history, as distinguished from others;
    a historical epoch:the age of Pericles;the Stone Age;the age of electronic communications.
  7. the period of history contemporary with the span of an individual's life:He was the most famous architect of the age.
  8. a generation or a series of generations:ages yet unborn.
  9. a great length of time:I haven't seen you for an age. He's been gone for ages.
  10. the average life expectancy of an individual or of the individuals of a class or species:The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years.
  11. Psychologythe level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, esp. a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age.
  12. Geology
    • a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature:the Ice Age.
    • a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed.
  13. any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages.
  14. Games[Cards.]
    • [Poker.]the first player at the dealer's left. Cf. edge (def. 10a).
    • See eldest hand. 
  15. Law of age:
    • being any of several ages, usually 21 or 18, at which certain legal rights, as voting or marriage, are acquired.
    • being old enough for full legal rights and responsibilities.

v.i. 
  1. to grow old:He is aging rapidly.
  2. to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood:a heavy port that ages slowly.

v.t. 
  1. to make old;
    cause to grow or seem old:Fear aged him overnight.
  2. to bring to maturity or a state fit for use:to age wine.
  3. Electricityto store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant.
  • Latin aetātem accusative of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime + -itās -ity) + -age -age; (verb, verbal) Middle English agen, derivative of the noun, nominal
  • Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage, equivalent. to aé (
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English 1225–75
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Age, epoch, era, period all refer to an extent of time. Age usually implies a considerable extent of time, esp. one associated with a dominant personality, influence, characteristic, or institution:the age of chivalry.Epoch and era are often used interchangeably to refer to an extent of time characterized by changed conditions and new undertakings:an era(or epoch) of invention. epoch sometimes refers especially to the beginning of an era:the steam engine--an epoch in technology.A period may be long or short, but usually has a marked condition or feature:the glacial period; a period of expansion.
    • 17.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ripen, mellow, develop.

-age, 
  1. a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage;
    courage    ) and productive in English with the meanings "aggregate'' (coinage;
    peerage;
    trackage    ), "process'' (coverage;
    breakage    ), "the outcome of '' as either "the fact of '' or "the physical effect or remains of '' (seepage;
    wreckage;
    spoilage    ), "place of living or business'' (parsonage;
    brokerage    ), "social standing or relationship'' (bondage;
    marriage;
    patronage    ), and "quantity, measure, or charge'' (footage;
    shortage;
    tonnage;
    towage    ).
  • Latin -āticum, neuter of -āticus adjective, adjectival suffix; an extension of Latin -āta -ate1, whose range of senses it reflects closely
  • Old French
  • Middle English

Ag.E., 
  1. Agricultural Engineer.

A.G.E., 
  1. Education, Associate in General Education.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
age•ing  (ā′jing),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Accountingaging.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
age /eɪdʒ/ n
  1. the period of time that a person, animal, or plant has lived or is expected to live
  2. the period of existence of an object, material, group, etc: the age of this table is 200 years
  3. a period or state of human life: he should know better at his age, she had got beyond the giggly age
  4. (as modifier): age group
  5. the latter part of life
  6. a period of history marked by some feature or characteristic; era
  7. (capital when part of a name): the Middle Ages, the Space Age
  8. generation: the Edwardian age
  9. a period of the earth's history distinguished by special characteristics: the age of reptiles
  10. the period during which a stage of rock strata is formed; a subdivision of an epoch
  11. (often plural) informal a relatively long time: she was an age washing her hair, I've been waiting ages
  12. the level in years that a person has reached in any area of development, such as mental or emotional, compared with the normal level for his chronological age
  13. of age ⇒ adult and legally responsible for one's actions (usually at 18 or, formerly, 21 years)
 vb (ages, ageing, aging, aged)
  1. to grow or make old or apparently old; become or cause to become old or aged
  2. to begin to seem older: to have aged a lot in the past year
  3. to mature or cause to mature
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Vulgar Latin aetatīcum (unattested), from Latin aetās, ultimately from aevum lifetime; compare aeon
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ageing, aging /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ n
  1. the process of growing old or developing the appearance and characteristics of old age
 adj
  1. becoming or appearing older or elderly: an ageing car
  2. giving or creating the appearance of age or elderliness: that dress is really ageing on her
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