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| 1 | used for talking about the age of someone or something …岁的 |
| how old She didn’ t mention how old her children were. 她没说她的几个孩子多大了。 |
| How old are you? 你多大岁数了？ |
| old enough to do sth He’ s not old enough to see this film. 他年龄不够，不能看这部电影。 |
| too old to do sth Aren’ t you too old to play with dolls? 你这么大的年纪难道还适合玩娃娃吗？ |
| | 1a | used for saying that someone is not as young as other people （与别人相比）年纪大的 | | He’ s 26 now, which is quite old in this sport. 他现在26岁，从事这项运动年纪算相当大了。 | | the oldest He’ s the oldest boy in his class. 他是班上年纪最大的男生。 | | older than I’ m older than my brother. 我的年龄比我弟弟大。 | |
| | 1b | to have been alive or to have existed for 5 years/10 months etc 5岁大/10个月大等 | | My daughter Sophia is 3 years old. 我女儿索菲娅3岁了。 | | European cities are centuries older than ours. 欧洲的城市比我们的城市历史长几百年。 | |
| | 1c | someone who has been alive for 3 years/10 months etc 3岁/10个月大的孩子等 | | I have two children, a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old. 我有两个孩子，一个3岁，一个5岁。 | |
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| 2 | someone who is old has lived a long time 老的；年老的 |
| A lot of old people live alone. 许多老人独自生活。 |
| get/grow old I hope I’ ll still be able to play golf when I get old. 我希望我老了的时候还能打高尔夫球。 |
| | 2a | old people . Many people now think that this expression is offensive . 老年人（现在许多人认为该词具冒犯义） | |
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| 3 | something that is old has existed or been used for a long time 年代久的；古老的 |
| There’ s an old belief that animals can predict earthquakes. 有个古老的看法认为动物能预知地震。 |
| Her sewing machine’ s really old - it was her mother’ s. 她的缝纫机年代确实很久了，那是她母亲的。 |
| Trees are the oldest living things on the planet. 树木是这个星球上最古老的生物。 |
| | 3a | used in a negative way about something that is not useful or in good condition any longer 陈旧的，破旧的（含贬义） | | Why do you keep all these old newspapers? 你为什么留着这些旧报纸？ | | That old car of theirs is getting so unreliable. 他们的那辆破车性能很不稳定了。 | |
| | 3b | used in a positive way about something that is very familiar 原来的，熟悉的（含褒义） | | It was nice to get back into my old routine. 恢复了我原来的生活秩序，太好了。 | |
| | 3c | someone who has been your friend/ally/enemy etc for a very long time 老朋友/老盟友/宿敌等 | | Pam and Sue are old friends. 帕姆和休是老朋友。 | |
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| 4 | only before noun used for describing something that existed, happened, or was used in the past 旧时的；过去的 |
| ‘Thy’ is an old way of saying ‘your’ . Thy是your的旧式说法。 |
| Look at all these old machines! 瞧瞧这些过去的机器吧！ |
| | 4a | used for referring to something that has been replaced by a newer thing of the same type 旧的；已被新事物替代的 | | The old motorway to Glasgow only had two lanes. 去格拉斯哥的旧高速公路只有两条车道。 | |
| | 4b | used with the names of towns and countries, for referring to the oldest part or to the way it was in the past 旧的，老的（与城市和国家的名字连用，用于指其最古老的地方或过去的样子） | | a tour of Warsaw’ s picturesque Old Town 到华沙景色如画的老城区的游览 | |
| | 4c | used with the names of languages to refer to the form of the language that was used in the past 古的(与语言的名称连用，用于指该语言过去的使用形式) | | a poem written in Old English 用古英语写的诗 | |
| | 4d | someone who was your student/girlfriend etc in the past 以前的学生/女朋友等 | | I still get letters from some of my old students. 我仍收到我以前的一些学生的来信。 | |
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| 5 | informal used for showing that you like someone and care about them （用于表示亲密） |
| How is my old buddy Jim? 我的老伙计吉姆好吗？ |
| dear old Dear old Aunty Emily - what would we do without her? 亲爱的埃米莉姨妈，没有她我们该怎么办？ |
| | 5a | used for showing sympathy towards someone 可怜的… | | Poor old Diane, she really wanted that job. 可怜的黛安娜，她真的很想得到那份工作。 | |
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| - | (as) old as the hills spoken
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| extremely old |
| 极为古老的；很旧的 |
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| ‘I like your dress.’ ‘Really? It’ s as old as the hills.’ “我喜欢你的连衣裙。”“真的？它已经很旧了。” |
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| - | for old times’ sake
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| so that you can remember a happy time in the past |
| 为回忆旧日的好时光 |
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| Let’ s go back to Brighton, for old times’ sake. 为怀念昔日的时光，让我们回布赖顿吧。 |
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| - | of old mainly literary
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| used for describing people and things from long ago in the past |
| 从前的；昔日的 |
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| He was like a knight of old. 他就像是一个旧时的骑士。 |
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| - | old enough to be sb’ s mother/father
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| much older than a particular personThis phrase is usually used for talking about two people who are having a romantic relationship . |
| 比某人的年龄大得多（该短语常用于指年龄相差悬殊的恋人） |
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| - | your oldself
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| the way you normally were in the past , before something happened |
| 原先的自己 |
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| Now you’ re talking like your old self again! 现在你讲起话来又像以前的你了。 |
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