age 的英语意思
ageage1 /eɪdʒ/ noun 
查看全部语言翻译1how old [countable, uncountable] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed某人已活的年数或某物已存在的年数: 
Francis is the same age as me.Francis 和我同龄。 Experts disagree over the age of the drawings.专家们对这些画作的年代存在分歧。 Dad retired at the age of 56.爸爸在56岁时退休了。at age 5/18 etc In Britain, schooling starts at age 5.在英国，学校教育从5岁开始。4/15 etc years of age (=4, 15 etc years old)（即4岁、15岁等） She was just over 16 years of age.她刚刚年过16岁。at my/your etc age (=when you are as old as me etc)（即当你和我年龄一样大的时候等） At my age, it’s quite difficult getting up the stairs.到了我这个年纪，爬楼梯相当困难。over/under the age of 5/18 etc people over the age of 6565岁以上的人for his/her etc age (=compared with other people of the same age)（即与同龄人相比） She’s tall for her age, isn’t she?她就她的年龄来说个子很高，不是吗？Register语体In everyday English, people usually use the expression how old …? rather than using the noun age: What age is your brother? ➔ How old is your brother? | They asked me my age. ➔ They asked me how old I was.在日常英语中，人们通常用 how old …? 的表达，而非名词 age：What age is your brother? ➔ How old is your brother? | They asked me my age. ➔ They asked me how old I was.2legal age [uncountable] the age when you are legally old enough to do something法定允许从事某事的年龄: What’s the minimum age for getting a driver’s license?考驾照的最低年龄是多少？ You’re not allowed to buy alcohol. You’re under age (=too young by law).你不能购买酒精饮料。你未到法定年龄（即依法年龄不足）。 The normal retirement age is 65.正常退休年龄为65岁。3period of life [countable, uncountable] one of the particular periods of someone’s life人生中某一特定阶段: When you get to old age, everything seems to take longer.当你步入老年，什么事似乎都要花更长时间。 The early teens are often a difficult age.十几岁初期往往是一个艰难的年龄段。4being old [uncountable] the state of being old年老的状态；老年with age High blood pressure increases with age.高血压随年龄增长而加重。 Some of the furniture was showing signs of age.部分家具已显出老化的迹象。5period of history [countable usually singular] a particular period of history历史上的某一特定时期 SYN era: We are living in the age of technology.我们生活在科技时代。 Molecular biology is pushing medicine into a new age.分子生物学正推动医学进入一个新时代。 → in this day and age at day(6)
► see thesaurus at period6ages [plural] (also an age) especially British English informal非正式 a long time很长时间；好久: Simon! I haven’t seen you for ages.Simon！我好久没见到你了。 That recipe takes ages.那个食谱要花好长时间。it’s ages since/before/until etc something It’s ages since we’ve played that game.我们已经好久没玩那个游戏了。7come of age a)to reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult达到法定成年年龄，被视为负责任的成人；成年 b)if something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept it as being important, valuable etc若某事物成熟，则指其发展到被人们认可为重要的、有价值的等的阶段: During this period the movies really came of age as an art form.在这一时期，电影作为一种艺术形式真正走向成熟。 → New Age1, New Age2COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meanings 1, 2 & 3— 释义 1、2 和 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + age形容词／名词 + ageold age (=the time when you are old)· the problems of old age· 老年的种种问题middle age (=between about 40 and 60)· He was in late middle age.· 他处于中年晚期。a great/advanced age (=a very old age)· My aunt died at a great age.· 我的姑母（舅母）高龄而终。· Kirby is not alone in wanting to run his own business at an advanced age.· Kirby 并非唯一一个在高龄时还想自己创业的人。a difficult/awkward age (=used mainly about the time when people are teenagers)· 13 – 16 is often a difficult age.· 13至16岁往往是一个艰难的年龄段。retirement age· The risk of experiencing poverty is much greater for those over retirement age.· 退休年龄以上的人经历贫困的风险要大得多。school age· Children should start doing homework as they approach high school age.· 孩子们在接近高中年龄时应该开始做作业。school-leaving age British English· The government is proposing to raise the minimum school-leaving age.· 政府提议提高最低义务教育离校年龄。the legal age· In the US, the legal age for drinking alcohol is 21.· 在美国，饮酒的法定年龄为21岁。the minimum age· 16 years is the minimum age to drive a car.· 16岁是驾驶汽车的最低年龄。the voting age· plans to bring down the voting age from 18 to 16· 将投票年龄从18岁降至16岁的计划the marrying age· She was 28 – long past the usual marrying age.· 她28岁了——早已过了通常的结婚年龄。phrases短语from an early/young age· She’d been playing the piano from a very early age.· 她从很小的年龄就开始弹钢琴了。at an early/young age· Kids can start learning a second language at a young age.· 孩子们可以从小就开始学习第二语言。somebody (of) your own age· He needs to find people his own age.· 他需要找到和自己同龄的人。of childbearing age (=at the age when a woman can have children)· It is against the law to refuse to employ a woman of childbearing age because she may become pregnant.· 以可能怀孕为由拒绝雇用育龄女性，是违法的。of working age· 55 percent of the people are of working age.· 55%的人处于劳动年龄。the age of consent (=when you are legally allowed to marry or have sex)· At 15, the girl was under the age of consent.· 该女孩15岁，未达到性同意年龄。age + NOUNage + 名词an age group/bracket/range· Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease.· 50至65岁年龄组的男性患心脏病的风险最高。· The school takes in children from the seven to eleven age range.· 该学校招收7至11岁年龄段的儿童。an age limit· There’s no upper age limit for drivers.· 驾驶员没有年龄上限。age discrimination· laws against age discrimination in the workplace· 禁止工作场所年龄歧视的法律verbs动词get to/reach/live to a particular age· One in three children here die before they reach the age of 5.· 这里每三名儿童中就有一名在5岁前死亡。· The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.· 在过去五十年里，活到80岁的人数翻了一番。lower/raise the age (=at which something can be done)· The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.· 投票年龄从21岁降至18岁。look/feel your age (=look or feel as old as you really are)· The singer is 46, but she doesn’t look her age at all.· 这位歌手46岁，但她看起来完全不像那个年纪。· I keep getting aches in my legs and I’m starting to feel my age.· 我的腿总是酸痛，我开始感到自己年纪大了。act your age (=behave in the way that a person of your age should behave)· It’s time he started acting his age.· 他该开始举止得体，符合自己年龄了。ask/say your age (=ask or say how old you are)· It’s rude to ask a woman her age.· 询问女性的年龄是不礼貌的。COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 5– 释义 5the Ice Age (=one of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when ice covered many northern countries)the Stone Age (=the very early time in human history, when only stone was used for making tools, weapons etc)the Bronze Age (=the period of time, between about 6,000 and 4,000 years ago, when bronze was used for making tools, weapons etc)the Iron Age (=the period of time, about 3,000 years ago, when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc)the Middle Ages (=the period in European history between about 1100 and 1500 AD)the Dark Ages (=the period in European history from 476 AD to about 1000 AD)the Elizabethan age (=the period 1558–1603 when Elizabeth I was queen of England)the Victorian age (=the period 1837–1901 when Victoria was queen of England)the industrial age (=the time during the late 18th and early 19th centuries when goods or substances such as coal and steel were first produced in large quantities using machines)the modern age (=from the 20th century until the present)· the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age· 开启现代时代的技术与科学成就the space age (=since vehicles were able to travel in space)the nuclear age (=since nuclear energy was used for weapons or energy)the computer age (=since computers became widely used)· the modern computer age· 现代计算机时代the information age (=since the Internet has become widely used)· Business has had to evolve in the information age.· 商业在信息时代不得不与时俱进。a golden age (=a time of great happiness or success)· a television show from the golden age of British comedy· 英国喜剧黄金时代的一档电视节目a new age (=a time when things are better than they were in the past)· Supporters see the coming season as the dawning of a new age for the club.· 支持者们将即将到来的赛季视为该俱乐部一个新时代的黎明。
查看全部语言翻译1how old [countable, uncountable] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed某人已活的年数或某物已存在的年数: Francis is the same age as me.Francis 和我同龄。 Experts disagree over the age of the drawings.专家们对这些画作的年代存在分歧。 Dad retired at the age of 56.爸爸在56岁时退休了。at age 5/18 etc In Britain, schooling starts at age 5.在英国，学校教育从5岁开始。4/15 etc years of age (=4, 15 etc years old)（即4岁、15岁等） She was just over 16 years of age.她刚刚年过16岁。at my/your etc age (=when you are as old as me etc)（即当你和我年龄一样大的时候等） At my age, it’s quite difficult getting up the stairs.到了我这个年纪，爬楼梯相当困难。over/under the age of 5/18 etc people over the age of 6565岁以上的人for his/her etc age (=compared with other people of the same age)（即与同龄人相比） She’s tall for her age, isn’t she?她就她的年龄来说个子很高，不是吗？Register语体In everyday English, people usually use the expression how old …? rather than using the noun age: What age is your brother? ➔ How old is your brother? | They asked me my age. ➔ They asked me how old I was.在日常英语中，人们通常用 how old …? 的表达，而非名词 age：What age is your brother? ➔ How old is your brother? | They asked me my age. ➔ They asked me how old I was.2legal age [uncountable] the age when you are legally old enough to do something法定允许从事某事的年龄: What’s the minimum age for getting a driver’s license?考驾照的最低年龄是多少？ You’re not allowed to buy alcohol. You’re under age (=too young by law).你不能购买酒精饮料。你未到法定年龄（即依法年龄不足）。 The normal retirement age is 65.正常退休年龄为65岁。3period of life [countable, uncountable] one of the particular periods of someone’s life人生中某一特定阶段: When you get to old age, everything seems to take longer.当你步入老年，什么事似乎都要花更长时间。 The early teens are often a difficult age.十几岁初期往往是一个艰难的年龄段。4being old [uncountable] the state of being old年老的状态；老年with age High blood pressure increases with age.高血压随年龄增长而加重。 Some of the furniture was showing signs of age.部分家具已显出老化的迹象。5period of history [countable usually singular] a particular period of history历史上的某一特定时期 SYN era: We are living in the age of technology.我们生活在科技时代。 Molecular biology is pushing medicine into a new age.分子生物学正推动医学进入一个新时代。 → in this day and age at day(6)► see thesaurus at period6ages [plural] (also an age) especially British English informal非正式 a long time很长时间；好久:
Simon! I haven’t seen you for ages.Simon！我好久没见到你了。 That recipe takes ages.那个食谱要花好长时间。it’s ages since/before/until etc something It’s ages since we’ve played that game.我们已经好久没玩那个游戏了。7come of age a)to reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult达到法定成年年龄，被视为负责任的成人；成年 b)if something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept it as being important, valuable etc若某事物成熟，则指其发展到被人们认可为重要的、有价值的等的阶段: During this period the movies really came of age as an art form.在这一时期，电影作为一种艺术形式真正走向成熟。 → New Age1, New Age2COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meanings 1, 2 & 3— 释义 1、2 和 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + age形容词／名词 + ageold age (=the time when you are old)· the problems of old age· 老年的种种问题middle age (=between about 40 and 60)· He was in late middle age.· 他处于中年晚期。a great/advanced age (=a very old age)· My aunt died at a great age.· 我的姑母（舅母）高龄而终。· Kirby is not alone in wanting to run his own business at an advanced age.· Kirby 并非唯一一个在高龄时还想自己创业的人。a difficult/awkward age (=used mainly about the time when people are teenagers)· 13 – 16 is often a difficult age.· 13至16岁往往是一个艰难的年龄段。retirement age· The risk of experiencing poverty is much greater for those over retirement age.· 退休年龄以上的人经历贫困的风险要大得多。school age· Children should start doing homework as they approach high school age.· 孩子们在接近高中年龄时应该开始做作业。school-leaving age British English· The government is proposing to raise the minimum school-leaving age.· 政府提议提高最低义务教育离校年龄。the legal age· In the US, the legal age for drinking alcohol is 21.· 在美国，饮酒的法定年龄为21岁。the minimum age· 16 years is the minimum age to drive a car.· 16岁是驾驶汽车的最低年龄。the voting age· plans to bring down the voting age from 18 to 16· 将投票年龄从18岁降至16岁的计划the marrying age· She was 28 – long past the usual marrying age.· 她28岁了——早已过了通常的结婚年龄。phrases短语from an early/young age· She’d been playing the piano from a very early age.· 她从很小的年龄就开始弹钢琴了。at an early/young age· Kids can start learning a second language at a young age.· 孩子们可以从小就开始学习第二语言。somebody (of) your own age· He needs to find people his own age.· 他需要找到和自己同龄的人。of childbearing age (=at the age when a woman can have children)· It is against the law to refuse to employ a woman of childbearing age because she may become pregnant.· 以可能怀孕为由拒绝雇用育龄女性，是违法的。of working age· 55 percent of the people are of working age.· 55%的人处于劳动年龄。the age of consent (=when you are legally allowed to marry or have sex)· At 15, the girl was under the age of consent.· 该女孩15岁，未达到性同意年龄。age + NOUNage + 名词an age group/bracket/range· Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease.· 50至65岁年龄组的男性患心脏病的风险最高。· The school takes in children from the seven to eleven age range.· 该学校招收7至11岁年龄段的儿童。an age limit· There’s no upper age limit for drivers.· 驾驶员没有年龄上限。age discrimination· laws against age discrimination in the workplace· 禁止工作场所年龄歧视的法律verbs动词get to/reach/live to a particular age· One in three children here die before they reach the age of 5.· 这里每三名儿童中就有一名在5岁前死亡。· The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.· 在过去五十年里，活到80岁的人数翻了一番。lower/raise the age (=at which something can be done)· The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.· 投票年龄从21岁降至18岁。look/feel your age (=look or feel as old as you really are)· The singer is 46, but she doesn’t look her age at all.· 这位歌手46岁，但她看起来完全不像那个年纪。· I keep getting aches in my legs and I’m starting to feel my age.· 我的腿总是酸痛，我开始感到自己年纪大了。act your age (=behave in the way that a person of your age should behave)· It’s time he started acting his age.· 他该开始举止得体，符合自己年龄了。ask/say your age (=ask or say how old you are)· It’s rude to ask a woman her age.· 询问女性的年龄是不礼貌的。COLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 5– 释义 5the Ice Age (=one of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when ice covered many northern countries)the Stone Age (=the very early time in human history, when only stone was used for making tools, weapons etc)the Bronze Age (=the period of time, between about 6,000 and 4,000 years ago, when bronze was used for making tools, weapons etc)the Iron Age (=the period of time, about 3,000 years ago, when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc)the Middle Ages (=the period in European history between about 1100 and 1500 AD)the Dark Ages (=the period in European history from 476 AD to about 1000 AD)the Elizabethan age (=the period 1558–1603 when Elizabeth I was queen of England)the Victorian age (=the period 1837–1901 when Victoria was queen of England)the industrial age (=the time during the late 18th and early 19th centuries when goods or substances such as coal and steel were first produced in large quantities using machines)the modern age (=from the 20th century until the present)· the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age· 开启现代时代的技术与科学成就the space age (=since vehicles were able to travel in space)the nuclear age (=since nuclear energy was used for weapons or energy)the computer age (=since computers became widely used)· the modern computer age· 现代计算机时代the information age (=since the Internet has become widely used)· Business has had to evolve in the information age.· 商业在信息时代不得不与时俱进。a golden age (=a time of great happiness or success)· a television show from the golden age of British comedy· 英国喜剧黄金时代的一档电视节目a new age (=a time when things are better than they were in the past)· Supporters see the coming season as the dawning of a new age for the club.· 支持者们将即将到来的赛季视为该俱乐部一个新时代的黎明。ageage2 verb (present participle aging or ageing British English) 1[intransitive, transitive] to start looking older or to make someone or something look older开始显老，或使某人或某物显得更老: He was worried to see how much she’d aged.看到她老了那么多，他很担忧。 The experience had aged him in advance of his years.那段经历使他未老先衰。2[intransitive] to become older变老；老化: The buildings are ageing, and some are unsafe.这些建筑正在老化，有些已经不安全了。3[intransitive, transitive] to improve and develop in taste over a period of time, or to allow food or alcohol to do this（食物或酒）经一段时间在口味上改善和成熟；或使食物或酒经历此过程；陈化；熟化 SYN mature: Cheddar cheese ages well.切达奶酪越陈越好。 The whisky is aged for at least ten years.这款威士忌至少陈酿十年。
1[intransitive, transitive] to start looking older or to make someone or something look older开始显老，或使某人或某物显得更老: He was worried to see how much she’d aged.看到她老了那么多，他很担忧。 The experience had aged him in advance of his years.那段经历使他未老先衰。2[intransitive] to become older变老；老化: The buildings are ageing, and some are unsafe.这些建筑正在老化，有些已经不安全了。3[intransitive, transitive] to improve and develop in taste over a period of time, or to allow food or alcohol to do this（食物或酒）经一段时间在口味上改善和成熟；或使食物或酒经历此过程；陈化；熟化 SYN mature: Cheddar cheese ages well.切达奶酪越陈越好。 The whisky is aged for at least ten years.这款威士忌至少陈酿十年。