age

noun

OPAL W

/eɪdʒ/

Idioms

[countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed年龄
- You're the same age as my brother.你跟我弟弟一样大。
- When I was your age I was already married.我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。
- ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法
- to reach retirement age达到退休年龄
- at the age of… He left school at the age of 18.他 18 岁毕业。
- He started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年开始弹钢琴。
- from the age of… Children can start school from the age of four. 儿童四岁起就能上学。
- between the ages of… children between the ages of 5 and 105 至 10 岁的儿童
- The children range in age from 5 to 10.这些儿童的年龄在 5 至 10 岁之间。
- The children's ages range from 5 to 10.孩子们的年龄从5岁到10岁不等。
- under/over the age of… Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare.12 岁以上儿童须购全票。
- The film is unsuitable for children below 12 years of age.这部影片不适合 12 岁以下儿童观看。
- Young people of all ages go there to meet.不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。
- She needs more friends of her own age.她需要更多的同龄朋友。
- All ages admitted.不限年龄均可入内。
- for your age He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age).以他的年龄，他算高个子。
- She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。
- The show appeals to all age ranges.该节目吸引所有年龄段的人。
- There’s a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).他们之间年龄差距很大。
see also legal age, mental age
Wordfinder
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- infant
- juvenile
- middle-aged
- minor
- teenage
- young
Extra Examples
- At your age I had already started work.我像你这么大的时候已经开始工作了。
- He could read by the age of four.他 4 岁就能认字了。
- He was still active even at the advanced age of 87.他 87 岁高龄时仍十分活跃。
- It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.向未满 18 岁的孩子售酒是非法的。
- She lived to the age of 75.她活到了 75 岁。
- The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.选举年龄从 21 岁降到了 18 岁。
- Twelve million people in Great Britain are over retirement age.英国有1,200万人过了退休年龄。
- When you get to my age you get a different perspective on life.你到我这个年纪时就会对人生有不同的看法。
- children between the ages of five and eleven5 到 11 岁的儿童
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- early
- tender
- young
- …
verb + age
- attain
- get to
- live to
- …
age + noun
- group
- range
- limit
- …
preposition
- at a/the age
- between the ages
- by the age
- …
phrases
- the age of consent
- somebody’s own age
- years of age
- …
ages
[plural]
(also an age [singular])
(informal, especially British English) a very long time长久地
- It'll probably take ages to find a parking space.大概得老半天才能找到停车位。
- for ages I waited for ages.我等了好长时间。
- ages ago Carlos left ages ago.卡洛斯老早就离开了。
- It's been an age since we've seen them.我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。
Extra Examples
- I've been sitting here for absolutely ages.我在这儿坐了很久了。
- It took an age for us all to get on the boat.我们花了很长时间才全部上了船。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + ages/an age
- spend
- take
phrases
- absolutely ages
- ages ago
- for ages
- …
[uncountable, countable] a particular period of a person’s life年龄段
- in middle/old age在中年／老年
- 15 is an awkward age.15 岁是个尴尬的年纪。
Collocations The ages of life
The ages of lifeChildhood/youth
- be born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood
- grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm
- be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)
- reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty
- be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties
- undergo/experience physical/psychological changes
- give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure
- assert your independence/individuality
Adulthood
- leave school/university/home
- go out to work (at sixteen)
- get/find a job/partner
- be/get engaged/married
- have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job
- settle down and have kids/children/a family
- begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)
- prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career
- reach/be well into/settle into middle age
- have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis
- take/consider early retirement
- approach/announce/enjoy your retirement
Old age
- have/see/spend time with your grandchildren
- take up/pursue/develop a hobby
- get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension
- approach/save for/die from old age
- live to a ripe old age
- reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)
- be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)
- die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness
see also middle age, old age, school age, third age
Extra Examples
- She dreaded old age.她怕变老。
- a pleasant woman in early middle age一个和蔼可亲的刚到中年的妇女
- children of school age学龄儿童
Topics Timeb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- early
- tender
- young
- …
verb + age
- attain
- get to
- live to
- …
age + noun
- group
- range
- limit
- …
preposition
- at a/the age
- between the ages
- by the age
- …
phrases
- the age of consent
- somebody’s own age
- years of age
- …
[countable] a particular period of history（历史上的）时代，时期
- the nuclear age核时代
- We live in an age of globalization.我们生活在全球化的时代。
- through the ages a study of fashion through the ages历代服饰研究
see also Bronze Age, golden age, Iron Age, New Age, space-age, Stone Age
Extra Examples
- He lived during the Elizabethan age.他生活在伊丽莎白时代。
- In an age when few women became politicians, her career was unusual.在鲜有女性从政的时代，她的职业非同寻常。
- This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.这家别致的小旅馆好像属于另一个时代。
- an exhibition of Islamic art through the ages历代伊斯兰艺术展
- the age of wireless communication无线通讯时代
Topics Timeb2, Historyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- another
- bygone
- different
- …
preposition
- during the… age
- in a/the age
- through the ages
- …
phrases
- in this day and age
[uncountable] the state of being old老年；陈年；破旧；老化
- The jacket was showing signs of age.这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。
- White hair is a sign of great age.白发是年老的标志。
- with age Wine improves with age.陈酒味浓。
- the wisdom that comes with age随着年龄而增加的智慧
[countable] (geology) a length of time that is a division of an epoch期

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, based on Latin aetas, aetat-, from aevum ‘age, era’.

Idioms

be/act your age

to behave in a way that is suitable for somebody of your age and not as though you were much younger行为和年龄相称；举止不再有孩子气
- Isn’t it time you started acting your age?你是不是该开始表现出你的年龄了？

come of age

when a person comes of age, they reach the age when they have an adult’s legal rights and responsibilities成年；达到法定年龄
- The money will go to the children when they come of age.孩子成年后，这笔钱将归给他们。
see also coming of age
if something comes of age, it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it成熟；发达
- It was the year that concern for the environment really came of age.那一年，人们对环境的关注真正成熟了。

feel your age

to realize that you are getting old, especially compared with people you are with who are younger than you（尤指与较年轻者比）感到自己上年纪了，意识到自己老了

a/the grand old age (of…)

a great age高龄
- She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.她终于在 70 岁高龄学会了开车。

in this day and age

now, in the modern world当代；当今；在今天这个时代
- Slavery continues to exist, even in this day and age.即使在今天这个时代，奴役的情况依然存在。
- Why dress so formally in this day and age?都这年月了，怎么还穿得这么正式？

look your age

to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older容貌与年龄相当
- She doesn’t look her age; I thought she was ten years younger.她看起来不像她的年龄；我以为她年轻了十岁。

of advanced years | somebody’s advanced age

used in polite expressions to describe somebody as ‘very old’高龄；年事已高
- He was a man of advanced years.他年事已高。
- (humorous) Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself!我虽说是黄昏暮年，也还懂得如何找乐儿！

of a certain age

if you talk about a person being of a certain age, you mean that they are no longer young but not yet old不算年轻的；年纪不轻的；中年的
- The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.这个节目中年观众感兴趣。

a/the ripe old age (of…)

an age that is considered to be very old（…的）高龄
- He lived to the ripe old age of 91.他活到了 91 岁的高龄。

under age

not legally old enough to do a particular thing未到法定年龄
- It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age.出售香烟给未达法定年龄的孩子是违法的。
see also underage

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