| 释义 |
age/eidʒ/ n. & v.●n. 1a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely to exist 生存期，生存时间 b a particular point in or part of one's life, often as a qualification 年龄，年纪(常作为一种条件) old age 老龄; voting age 选举年龄 2a (often in pl. 常用复数) colloq. a long time [口]长时间，久久 took an age to answer 过了很长时间才答复; have been waiting for ages 等了许久 b a distinct period of the past 历史时期，时代 golden age 黄金时代; Bronze Age 青铜器时代; Middle Ages 中世纪 c Geol. a period of time 【地质】时期 d a generation 一代人，代 3 the latter part of life; old age 上年纪，老年 the peevishness of age 年老的乖戾 ●v. (pres. part. ageing, aging) 1 intr. show signs of advancing age 显老，变老 has aged a lot recently 最近老了许多 2 intr. grow old 老化，老 3 intr. mature 成熟 4 tr. cause or allow to age 使成熟，老化 □ come of age reach adult status (esp. in Law at 18, formerly 21) 达到成人年龄(尤指达到法定的 18 岁，以前为 21 岁)[Middle English from Old French, ultimately from Latin aetas -atis ‘age’] |