age是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed -- 年齡，年紀；存在時間

  • Do you know the age of that building? 你知道那座樓的歷史有多久嗎？

  • 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). 我猜她和我年齡差不多。

  • She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel. 她寫第一本小說時是74歲。

  • He left home at the age of 16. 他16歲時離開了家。

  • I was married with four children at your age. 像你這麼大的時候我已經結了婚並且有了四個孩子。

  • She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is). 她開始看上去與實際年齡一般大了。

  • I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old). 我真的開始覺得老了。

  • His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is). 他的女朋友年齡比他大一倍。

• 1 a particular period in time -- 時代；時期

  • the Victorian age 維多利亞時代

  • the modern age 現代

  • the nuclear age 核子時代

• 2 a very long time -- 很長時間

  • It takes ages to cook. 做飯要花很長時間。

  • I've been waiting for ages. 我已經等了很長時間了。

  • It's been ages/an age since we last spoke. 我們好長時間沒有交談了。

• 3 the fact of being or getting older -- 年老；衰老；老化；陳年

  • Her back was bent with age. 隨著年紀漸長，她的背駝了。

  • This cheese/wine improves with age. 這種起司／酒放的時間越長越好。

  • Her temper hasn't improved with age! 她的脾氣一點沒有隨著年齡增長而變好！

• 4 If someone ages or something ages them, they look older. -- 衰老，使…顯得蒼老

  • She's aged since the last time we met. 她顯得比我們上次見面時老了。

  • The brandy is aged in oak for ten years. 這種白蘭地在橡木桶中陳釀了十年。

• 5 used to form nouns that refer to the action or result of something -- （構成名詞，表示動作或結果）

  • blockage 阻塞

  • shrinkage 收縮

  • wastage 浪費

  • All breakages must be paid for. 損毀東西必須賠償。

• 6 used to form nouns that refer to a state or condition -- （構成名詞，表示狀態或狀況）

  • bondage 束縛

  • marriage 婚姻

  • shortage 短缺

• 7 used to form nouns that are names of places -- （構成名詞，表示地方）

  • orphanage 孤兒院

  • vicarage 教區牧師住宅