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age[eidʒ]n. 1 年龄;人生阶段:at the age of在…岁时a school-age child学龄儿童children of primary school age小学生年龄的儿童They two are of an age.他们两人同年.She is the same age as my son.她跟我儿子同年.live to a great age活到很大年纪 2 寿(命);存在期:The age of a horse is up to thirty years.马的寿命可达30年.The age of this table is 200 years.这张桌子有200年了. 3 成年;法定年龄 4 老年;老:the peevishness of age老年人的暴躁use one's age to prove one's superiority倚老卖老 5 (一)代;时期;时代:the great poets through the ages历代大诗人an age of technological growth技术发展的年代the Stone Age石器时代 6 [常作ages]<口>很长一段时间:I haven't seen you for ages(或for an age).好久没看到你了.She was an age washing her hair.她花了很长时间洗头. 7 【心】(心理发展达到的)心理年龄:a child of six with a mental age of ten一个6岁而心理年龄已达10岁的儿童
(ag(e)ing)vt.&vi. 1 (使)变老;(使)变旧:He has aged a lot in the past year.他在过去的一年中老了许多. 2 (使)变陈;(使)成熟;【化】(使)老化:age the cheese使干酪成熟 |