age
n. 年齡(段); 壽命; 時代; 陳年,破舊; 期
v. (使)變老,顯老; (使)變陳,成熟
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
她有一個才10歲的侄子。
At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
16歲時,他就有資格進入漢堡大學。
The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
房間裡的一切看起來都與這棟建築物的存在年頭很相稱。
Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...
可能隨著年紀增長,他變聰明瞭。
The fabric was showing signs of age...
這塊衣料可以看出歲月留下的痕跡。
When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
他原來一直看起來很年輕,但最近幾個月他顯得老了。
He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
他雖然只有三十五六歲,但憂慮讓他很顯老。
When food or alcohol is aged or when it ages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour.
Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
義大利香醋在木桶中就經歷了至少10年的醞釀期,所以口味極佳。
Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放時間越久,威士忌的口味越淡。
An age is a period in history.
...the age of steam and steel.
蒸汽和鋼鐵時代
...items of Bronze Age pottery.
青銅器時代的陶器
You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
He waited what seemed an age...
他等了似乎很長時間。
The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
公共汽車過了很長時間才來。
If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.
Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上個十年中被英國民眾廣泛認可的觀念。
When someone comes of age, they become legally an adult.
The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.
在埃迪達到法定年齡之前,該公司將委託他人代為經營。
Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.
Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
因為她還未成年,她的父母仍然應為她負責。
...under age smoking.
未成年吸菸
1. how long something has existed;
2. an era of history having some distinctive feature;
3. a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;
4. a late time of life;
5. a prolonged period of time;
1. begin to seem older; get older;
2. grow old or older;
3. make older;
age, epoch, era, period, times
這些名詞均含"時期,時代"之意。
mature, ripen, age, develop
這些動詞均有"成熟,長成"之意。
age out 【非正式用語】
法定年齡:到達一定年齡,例如18歲或21歲,不再享受國家的諸如教育或保護的某些特殊照顧
act (或 be) one's age
行為與年齡相稱
come of age
(人)成年(英國法律現規定18歲成年,原為21歲)
of an age
到了…的年齡
(兩者,多人,多物)年齡近似的
These difficulties are general among people of his age.
這些困難在他那個年齡的人中普遍存在.
The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age.
自兒童時起即已開始有嚴格的課程設定.
If you agree to this name, madam , she's sure to live to a ripe old age.
姑奶奶若依我這名字, 必然長命百歲.
Old age disabled him for hard work.
年邁使他不能勝任繁重工作.
His age borders on fifty.
他年近50.
vi. 變老;成熟
n. 年齡;時代
其他釋義