【牛津3000初级】10.22 age_【牛津高阶 | 3000小词走天下】_免费在线阅读收听下载

Age
noun
1� [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed 年龄
◆He left school at the age of 18.
2他 18 岁读完中学。 ◆She needs more friends of her own age.
3她需要更多的同龄朋友。 ◆Young people of all ages go there to meet.
5不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。 ◆When I was your age I was already married.
6我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。 ◆He started playing the piano at an early age.
7他幼年开始弹钢琴。 ◆She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).
10她开始感到自己上年纪了。 ◆He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age).
11以他的年龄，他算高个子。 ◆There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).
12他们的年龄相差很大。 
2� [uncountable, countable] a particular period of a person's life 年龄段◆middle age 中年 ◆He died of old age.
5他终其天年。 
3� [countable] a particular period of history （历史上的）时代，时期
◆the nuclear age
4核时代 ◆the age of the computer
5计算机时代  see also Bronze Age , Iron Age , Stone Age

4� [uncountable] the state of being old 老年；陈年；破旧；老化
◆Wine improves with age.
5陈酒味浓。 ◆The jacket was showing signs of age.
6这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。 ◆the wisdom that comes with age
7随着年龄而增加的智慧

5� ages [plural] (also an age [singular] ) (informal, especially BrE) a very long time 很长时间◆I waited for ages.
6我等了好长时间。 ◆It'll probably take ages to find a parking space.
7大概得老半天才能找到停车位。 
age
verb
1[intransitive] to become older 变老◆As he aged, his memory got worse.
2他随着年事增高，记忆力就变差了。 ◆The population is aging (= more people are living longer).
3人口正在老龄化。
2[transitive] to make sb/sth look, feel or seem older 使显老；使变老；使苍老
3~ sb ◆The shock has aged her.
4这次打击让她显得苍老了。 ~ sth ◆Exposure to the sun ages the skin.
5太阳暴晒会使皮肤粗老。
3[intransitive, transitive] to develop in flavour over a period of time; to allow sth to do this （使）成熟，变陈 SYN mature ◆The cheese is left to age for at least a year.
4这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。 ~ sth ◆The wine is aged in oak casks.
5这种酒是用栎木酒桶放陈的。

IDIOMS

●in ˈthis day and age
now, in the modern world 当代；当今；在今天这个时代

●ˌbe/ˌact your ˈage
to behave in a way that is suitable for sb 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

●ˌlook your ˈage
to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older 容貌与年龄相当

●ˌcome of ˈage
1when 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
2if sth comes of age, it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it 成熟；发达

●ˌunder ˈage
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.
售香烟给未到法定年龄的孩子是非法的。

●of a certain ˈage
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 ˌgrand old ˈage (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。

●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。

【牛津3000初级】10.22 age

【牛津3000初级】10.22 age

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