age
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR Your age is the number of years that you have lived. (人的) 年龄
She has a nephew who is just ten years of age. 她有个才满10岁的侄子。
At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina. 16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。
2. N-VAR The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. (物的) 年代
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building. 该房间里的一切看起来都和该楼的年代相符。
3. N-UNCOUNT Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 年长; 成长
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. 或许他已经随着年龄的增长变得更睿智了。
This cologne, like wine, improves with age. 这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。
4. V-T/V-I When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. 使显老; 显老
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months. 他曾一直显得很年轻，但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。
5. N-COUNT An age is a period in history. 时代
...the age of steam and steel. …蒸汽与钢铁时代。
6. N-COUNT You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很长时间[非正式]
He waited what seemed an age. 他等了似乎很长时间。
7. →see also aged , aging , middle age
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age /eɪdʒ/ (aging,aged,ages)
剑桥词典
- Prokofiev started composing at the age of five.
- She's getting very forgetful in her old age.
- He's very mature for his age.
- He became a professional athlete at the age of 16.
- Hilary's the same age as me.
- the age of imperialism
- It's time this company moved into the computer age.
- The neolithic period is sometimes called the new stone age.
- Service industries such as tourism have become more important in the post-industrial age.
- Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern age
- It might take him ages but he'll do it eventually .
- It took me ages to pluck up the courage to ask for a promotion .
- I've been waiting in this queue for ages.
- It seems like ages since we last spoke .
- My sister always spends ages in the bathroom .
- Sunbathing can prematurely age and wrinkle the skin .
- She's aged a lot since we last saw her.
- The death of his wife had aged him greatly .
- A great deal of research has examined the effects of ageing on our physical and mental capacities .
- The whisky is aged for at least two years in oak barrels .
age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed
年龄，年纪；存在时间
Do you know the age of that building ? 你知道那座楼的历史有多久吗？
What age (= how old ) is your brother ? 你弟弟多大了？
I'd guess she's about my age (= she is about as old as I am). 我猜她和我年龄差不多。
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel . 她写第一部小说时是74岁。
He left home at the age of 16. 他16岁时离开了家。
I was married with four children at your age. 像你这么大的时候我已经结了婚并且有了4个孩子。
She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is). 她开始看上去与实际年龄一般大了。
I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old ). 我真的开始觉得老了。
His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is). 他的女朋友年龄比他大一倍。
act your age!
said to someone to tell them to stop behaving like someone who is much younger
别孩子气！成熟点吧！
the age of consent
the age at which someone is considered by the law to be old enough to agree to have sex with someone
（可发生性行为的）法定年龄
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age noun (PERIOD)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a particular period in time
时代；时期
the Victorian age 维多利亚时代
the modern age 现代
the nuclear age 核时代
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age noun (LONG TIME)
ages [ 名词的复数形式 ] informal (also mainly UK an age [ 单数名词 ])a very long time
很长时间
It takes ages to cook . 做饭要花很长时间。
I've been waiting for ages. 我已经等了很长时间了。
It's been ages/an age since we last spoke . 我们好长时间没有交谈了。
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age noun (BEING OLD)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the fact of being or getting older
年老；衰老；老化；陈年
Her back was bent with age. 随着年事增高，她的背驼了。
This cheese /wine improves with age. 这种奶酪／酒放的时间越长越好。
Her temper hasn't improved with age! 她的脾气一点没有随着年龄增长而变好！
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