英汉词典

age 基本解释

• n. 年龄；时代；寿命，使用年限；阶段
• vi. 成熟；变老
• vt. 使成熟；使变老，使上年纪
• n. (Age)人名；(瑞典)阿格；(日)扬 (姓)；(西、荷)阿赫

age 词态变化

age 中文词源

来自PIE *aiw, 生命力。同词根ev, 见longevity, 长寿。

age 英文词源

age

age: [13] Age has undergone considerable transmutations and abbreviations since its beginnings in Latin. Its immediate source in English is Old French aage, which was the product of a hypothetical Vulgar Latin form *aetāticum (the t is preserved in Provençal atge). This was based on Latin aetāt- (stem of aetās), which was a shortening of aevitās, which in turn came from aevum ‘lifetime’.

This entered English in more recognizable form in medieval, primeval, etc; it is related to Greek aión ‘age’, from which English gets aeon [17], and it can be traced back to the same root that produced (via Old Norse eí) the now archaic adverb ay(e) ‘ever’ (as in ‘will aye endure’).
=> aeon, aye

age (n.)

late 13c., "long but indefinite period in human history," from Old French aage (11c., Modern French âge) "age; life, lifetime, lifespan; maturity," earlier edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetaticum (source of Spanish edad, Italian eta, Portuguese idade "age"), from Latin aetatem (nominative aetas), "period of life, age, lifetime, years," from aevum "lifetime, eternity, age," from PIE root *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see eon). Meaning "time something has lived, particular length or stage of life" is from early 14c. Used especially for "old age" since early 14c. Expelled native eld.

age (v.)

"to grow old," late 14c., from age (n.). Meaning "to make old" is early 15c. Related: Aged; aging.

age 词组搭配

age 英文释义

1. how long something has existed;

"it was replaced because of its age"

2. an era of history having some distinctive feature;

"we live in a litigious age"

3. a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;

"she was now of school age"

"tall for his eld"

4. a late time of life;

"old age is not for sissies"

"he's showing his years"

"age hasn't slowed him down at all"

"a beard white with eld"

"on the brink of geezerhood"

5. a prolonged period of time;

"we've known each other for ages"

"I haven't been there for years and years"

age 同义词解析

age, epoch, era, period, times

这些名词均含"时期，时代"之意。

age：常指具有显著特征或以某杰出人物命名的历史时代或时期。

epoch：正式用词，侧重指以某重大事件或巨大变化为起点的新的历史时期。

era：书面语用词，指历史上的纪元、年代，可与epoch和age互换，侧重时期的延续性和整个历程。

period：最普通用词，概念广泛，时间长短不限，既可指任何一个历史时期，又可指个人或自然界的一个发展阶段。

times：侧重某一特定时期。

mature, ripen, age, develop

这些动词均有"成熟，长成"之意。

mature： 指生物自然发育成熟或丰满或使其能起正常作用，还可指人获得智慧、经验或变得世故。

ripen： 侧重已到长生成熟的顶点。

age： 一般指使人过早成熟，强调已走向衰老。

develop： 侧重使某一种类或个体潜在本能进化完全，词义比mature广泛。

age 双语例句

1. Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.

美是一种态度，与年龄无关。

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2. He knew what he wanted to do from the age of 14.

他14岁起就知道自己日后干什么了。

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3. In some cases there is a mini-mum age limit.

有些情况下有最低年龄限制。

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4. In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.

他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。

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5. He died in a nursing home at the age of 87.

他在一家养老院去世，享年87岁。

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age 实用场景例句

middle age

中年

牛津词典

There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).

他们的年龄相差很大。

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ways of calculating the age of the earth

计算地球年龄的方法

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He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age) .

以他的年龄，他算高个子。

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She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old) .

她开始感到自己上年纪了。

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He started playing the piano at an early age .

他幼年开始弹钢琴。

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All ages admitted.

老幼均可入内。

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Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare.

12岁以上儿童须购全票。

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He left school at the age of 18.

他18岁读完中学。

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She needs more friends of her own age.

她需要更多的同龄朋友。

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children from 5–10 years of age

5至10岁的儿童

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Young people of all ages go there to meet.

不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。

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When I was your age I was already married.

我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。

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...under age smoking.

未成年吸烟

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Whisky loses strength as it ages.

存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。

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...the age of steam and steel.

蒸汽和钢铁时代

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...items of Bronze Age pottery.

青铜器时代的陶器

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He waited what seemed an age...

他等了似乎很长时间。

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The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.

公共汽车过了很长时间才来。

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Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.

回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.

在埃迪达到法定年龄之前，该公司将委托他人代为经营。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.

因为她还未成年，她的父母仍然应为她负责。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...

意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期，所以口味极佳。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.

他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。

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She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...

她有一个才10岁的侄子。

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At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...

16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。

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Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.

房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。

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Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...

可能随着年纪增长，他变聪明了。

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The fabric was showing signs of age...

这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。

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He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...

他原来一直看起来很年轻，但最近几个月他显得老了。

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