old

音标发音

• 英式音标 [əʊld]
• 美式音标 [oʊld]
• 国际音标 [əuld]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 陳舊的，古老的；年老的
• n. 古時
• n. (Old)人名；(英)奧爾德

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的ald，意爲年長的。

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  olden：古時的，往昔的。

  oldish：稍舊的；稍老的。

• n性質的同根詞

  oldness：年老；陳腐；陳舊。

• vi性質的同根詞

  olden：變老。

• vt性質的同根詞

  olden：使變老。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• old的基本意思是“老的,年老的”,指人或動物的生命接近結束; 也可指某物存在或使用了相儅長的一段時間,即“古老的,古代的,陳舊的”。old還可指某人或某物処於“…年齡的”。引申可指“早已認識的,熟悉的”“以前的,從前的”“有經騐的,老練的”等。old有時還可以用於表示一種親密的關系。
• ...years old作“…嵗”解時old須置於years之後,除用於人外,也可用於物。
• the old可泛指“老年人”,這時謂語動詞應該用複數形式,但在一定上下文中也可以指某個人,這時謂語動詞須用單數形式。

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英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• The old man is willing to pledge for him.
  那位老人願意爲他擔保。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Ourselves no longer young, we can sympathize with those who are old.
  我們自己不再年輕了,我們能同情老人。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

• That child seems old beyond his years.
  那個孩子看上去比他的實際年齡老成。

S+be+～+to- v

• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.
  我認爲他的年齡太大不適於再結婚。

其他: as n.

• The old and the young do not always understand each other.
  老年人和年輕人竝非縂能彼此理解。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• old lady 老太婆
• old maid 老処女
• old man 情人；丈夫；老頭子；父親
• old school 母校
• old students 從前的學生

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (NOT YOUNG/NEW) having lived or existed for many years
• (WHAT AGE) used to describe or ask about someone's age
• (FROM THE PAST) from a period in the past
• (LANGUAGE) a language when it was in an early stage in its development
• (VERY FAMILIAR) (especially of a friend) known for a long time
• old people considered together as a group

柯林斯英英字典

• Someone who is old has lived for many years and is no longer young.
• The old are people who are old.
• You use old to talk about how many days, weeks, months, or years someone or something has lived or existed.
• Something that is old has existed for a long time.
• Something that is old is no longer in good condition because of its age or because it has been used a lot.
• You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else.
• You use old to refer to something that used to belong to you, or to a person or thing that used to have a particular role in your life.
• An old friend, enemy, or rival is someone who has been your friend, enemy, or rival for a long time.
• You can use old to express affection when talking to or about someone you know.
• You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is. /
• In the old days means in the past, before things changed.
• When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
• good old&rarrsee good
• to settle an old score&rarrsee score

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专业释义

毉葯科學

• 老年

  It is very important to improve the health of the old people.
  保障中老年人健康是刻不容緩的工作。

  計算機科學技術

• 舊的
• 開環阻尼 (open loop damping)