age
[NOUN, VERB]
ages
1. [C, U 有变体名词] （人的）年龄
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
双语例句
例：She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.
她有个才满10岁的侄子。
例：At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina.
16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。
2. [C, U 有变体名词] （物的）年代
The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
双语例句
例：Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
该房间里的一切看起来都和该楼的年代相符。
3. [U 不可数名词] 年长 , 成长
Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
双语例句
例：Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.
或许他已经随着年龄的增长变得更睿智了。
例：This cologne, like wine, improves with age.
这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。
4. [C 可数名词] 时代
An age is a period in history.
近义词
双语例句
例：the age of steam and steel.
蒸汽与钢铁时代。
例：We're living in the digital age.
我们生活在数码时代。
5. [C 可数名词] 很长时间
You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
近义词
双语例句
例：He waited what seemed an age.
他等了似乎很长时间。
NOUN. 名词
ages , aging , ageing , aged
1. [I 不及物动词] 使显老 , 显老
When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.
双语例句
例：He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months.
他曾一直显得很年轻，但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。
例：Worry had aged him.
担忧使他显出老态。
VERB. 动词
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