age是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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。

• 1 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

• 2 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。

• 3 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！

• 4 If someone ages or something ages them, they look older. -- 衰老，使…显得苍老

  • She's aged since the last time we met. 她显得比我们上次见面时老了。

  • The brandy is aged in oak for ten years. 这种白兰地在橡木桶中陈酿了10年。

• 5 used to form nouns that refer to the action or result of something -- （构成名词，表示动作或结果）

  • blockage 阻塞

  • shrinkage 收缩

  • wastage 浪费

  • All breakages must be paid for. 损毁东西必须赔偿。

• 6 used to form nouns that refer to a state or condition -- （构成名词，表示状态或状况）

  • bondage 束缚

  • marriage 婚姻

  • shortage 短缺

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

  • orphanage 孤儿院

  • vicarage 教区牧师住宅