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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age
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noun /eɪdʒ/
singularage
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    [C/U] the number of years that someone has lived 年龄；年纪

    It was difficult to guess his age. 很难猜出他的年纪。

    The average age of the delegates was over 60. 代表们的平均年龄超过60岁。

    children under the age of seven 7岁以下的儿童

    reach the age of :

    She'll only inherit when she reaches the age of 18. 她只有到了18岁才可以继承。

    at/from the age of :

    At the age of 10, I went to live with my aunt. 10岁时我去和姑妈一起生活。

    at/from an early age (=a young age) 在/从很小的时候 :

    The sisters have been playing music together from an early age. 姐妹们从很小时就一起演奏音乐。

    at your/his/her etc age (=because of how young or old someone is) 因为你/他/她等的年纪 :

    At her age, she might be expected to take things easy. 以她这种年纪，她可能会把事情看开的。

    of all/different ages :

    The film is designed to appeal to people of all ages. 这部影片意欲吸引所有年龄段的人。

    difference in age :

    Her parents disapproved of the relationship because of the difference in age. 因为年龄的差异，她父母不赞成她的恋爱关系。

    years of age :

    He started work there at 14 years of age. 他14岁开始在那儿工作。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for age and describing someone's age: a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc, age, age...
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      the number of years that something has existed （某事物存在的）年数

      The value of the furniture depends on its condition and age. 家具的价值取决于它的状况和年头。

       Synonyms and related words
      General words for age and describing someone's age: a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc, age, age...
    See also reading age
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    [C/U] the time of life when you are allowed by law to do something 法定年龄
    voting/retiring/school-leaving age :

    young people who have reached the voting age 到了选举年龄的年轻人

    raise/lower the age of something :

    They plan to raise the age of retirement for women to 65. 他们打算把妇女的退休年龄提高到65岁。

    under age (=too young by law to do something) 低于法定年龄的 :

    He served wine to girls who were under age. 他把酒卖给未到法定年龄的女孩。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for age and describing someone's age: a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc, age, age...
    1. a.
      the time of life when it is possible or typical for people to do something 做某事的年龄
      child-bearing/working age :

      15% of women of child-bearing age were found to have the infection. 15%的育龄妇女被发现受到传染。

      of an age to do something :

      Her two older sons were both of an age to be working. 她的两个大儿子都已到工作的年龄了。

       Synonyms and related words
      General words for age and describing someone's age: a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc, age, age...
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    [U] the state of being old or of becoming old 老；老年；衰老

    His face is starting to show signs of age. 他的脸开始显老。

    with age :

    With age, your reactions get slower. 随着年龄增大，人的反应会变得越来越慢。

    Good wines improve with age. 酒越陈越好。

     Synonyms and related words
    Old age and relating to old age: age, aged care, ageing...
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    [C] a period of history 时期；时代

    We live in a materialistic age. 我们生活在一个物质主义的时代。

    age of :

    It was an age of great intellectual excitement. 这是个知识跃进的时代。

     Synonyms and related words
    Periods of history: age, era, history...
    See also the Dark Ages
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    ages

    [plural] informal a long time 很长的一段时间
    for ages :

    She's lived here for ages. 她在这儿住了很久了。

    take/spend ages :

    He took ages to answer the phone. 他过了很久才接电话。

    We spent ages trying to print this out. 我们花了很长时间想把它打印出来。

    in ages :

    For the first time in ages, we sat down and talked. 很久以来我们第一次坐下来交谈。

    ages ago :

    The wedding was planned ages ago. 婚礼很久以前就计划好了。

    seem (like) ages :

    After what seemed like ages, the doctor came back. 似乎过了很久医生才回来。

     Synonyms and related words
    Long periods of time: eternity, light years, ages...
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    act your age, not your shoe size humorous behave appropriately for your age, not like a child Submitted by Ismail from Russian Federation on 29/07/2017
     
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    a certain age not young any longer

    Men of a certain age are more likely to lose their hair.

    When she reached a certain age, she retired to the suburbs.

    Submitted by Ismail from Russian Federation on 21/09/2017
     
Word sets: age
Talking or writing about someone's age 谈论或描写某人的age
asking about age 询问年龄
how old used for asking someone their age or talking about their age: 几岁，多大（用于询问或谈论某人的年龄）: How old are you now, Peter?你多大了，彼得？ I'm not sure how old she is.我不太确定她有多大。
what age used for talking about the age someone is at a particular time: 那时候多少岁（用于谈论某一时间某人的年龄）: At what age did you start playing the piano?你多大开始弹钢琴的？ Decide what age you want to retire at.决定一下你想退休的年龄。
saying how old someone is 说某人的年龄
be 2/10/40 etc the most usual way of saying how old someone is: 2/10/40岁等（表示年龄最常用的说法）: I will be 45 next birthday.我再过生日就45岁了。 She was only nine when her father left.她父亲走时她才9岁。
be 2/10/40 years old or 2/10/40 years of age: 2/10/40岁: Sarah will be 18 years old on 25th May.萨拉到5月25日就18岁了。 I've lived here since I was six years of age.我从6岁起就住在这儿。
be 2/3/4 months old used for talking about babies or young children: 2/3/4个月大（用于谈论婴儿或小孩）: Most children don't start to walk until they are around 12 to 14 months old.大部分孩子要到12或14个月大时才开始走路。
aged 2/10/40 etc: 年纪是2/10/40岁等: Ideally, we want someone aged 20–25 to work as a trainee.最理想的是，我们想要一个20至25岁的实习生。 A girl aged 14 has been chosen to play the leading role.一个14岁的女孩被选来演主角。
of 2/10/40 etc: 2/10/40岁等的: A child of three is unlikely to show much interest in reading and writing.3岁的孩子不太可能对阅读和写作表现出很大兴趣。 Shortly after turning 19, she became engaged to a man of 45.满19岁后不久她就跟一个45岁的男人订婚了。
2-/10-/40-year-old used before a noun, or used as a noun: 2/10/40岁的（人）（用于名词前，或用作名词）: a 56-year-old man一个56岁的男人 a lively 20-year-old一个充满朝气的20岁的年轻人。
under 2/10/40 etc less than a particular number of years old: 不到2/10/40岁等的；2/10/40岁等以下的: Women under 40 generally don't need regular mammograms.40岁以下的妇女通常不需要定期作乳房透视。 We have a playgroup for the under-fives.我们有一个接纳5岁以下孩子的幼儿园。
over 2/10/40 etc more than a particular number of years old: 2/10/40岁等以上的: You have to be over 65 to join.你得过65岁才能加入。
when you are not saying exactly how old someone is 不在说某人的具体年龄时
in your teens/twenties/thirties etc used for saying that someone is aged between 13–19, 20–29, 30–39 etc: 十/二十/三十多岁等（用于表示某人的年龄在13-19/20-29/30-39岁等之间）: Children often become quite difficult in their teens.孩子到了十多岁时常会变得难以管教。 Police are looking for a man in his early thirties.警方正在找一名30出头的男子。
twenty-something/thirty-something etc- used as an adjective or noun for talking about someone aged between 20–29, 30–39 etc: 二十/三十多岁等的（人）（用作形容词或名词，表示某人年龄在20-29/30-39岁之间）: a successful twenty-something lawyer一个20来岁的成功律师 The programme is designed to appeal to thirty-somethings.该节目旨在吸引30多岁的人。
teenage aged between 13 and 19: （介于13岁至19岁之间的）青少年的: a group of teenage girls waiting for the bus一群在等候公共汽车的少女
teenager someone aged between 13 and 19 （介于13岁至19岁之间的）青少年
middle-aged no longer young, but not yet old, usually used for someone aged between 40 and 60: （通常指介于40至60岁之间的）中年的: a middle-aged couple with grown-up children孩子业已成年的中年夫妇。
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verb /eɪdʒ/
present tense
I/you/we/theyage
he/she/itages
present participleaging
past tenseaged
past participleaged
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    [I] to look or seem older 显老

    Her father had aged dramatically since she had last seen him. 自从她上次见到父亲后，父亲已经明显地苍老了。

     Synonyms and related words
    Describing how old someone looks, seems or feels: age, ageless, be two years/ten years etc someone's junior...
    1. a.
      [T] to make someone look or seem older 使显老

      The sun had prematurely aged him. 日晒使他过早显老。

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      Describing how old someone looks, seems or feels: age, ageless, be two years/ten years etc someone's junior...
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    [I] to become older 变老；老化

    As you age, your skin becomes less elastic. 随着你年龄增大，皮肤会变得不那么有弹性。

    She has aged well (=still looks attractive or young). 她没怎么变老。

     Synonyms and related words
    General words for age and describing someone's age: a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc, age, age...
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    [I/T] if wine ages or you age it, its taste improves because it is kept for some time （酒）陈化；使（酒）变陈
     Synonyms and related words
    Relating to wines and spirits: age, breathe, decant...
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    [T] British to calculate or guess the age of something 推算年龄

    It is now possible to age a tree without cutting it down. 现在可以不用把树砍倒来推算树龄。

     Synonyms and related words
    To calculate or count: calculate, count, estimate...
     Synonyms and related words
    To guess: guess, estimate, gauge...
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age

noun¹

 1how old sb/sth is年齡  ➡ see also old age ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGE | AGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤early, tender, young早年；幼年；童年◇He was sent away to school at an early age.他很小就被送去上學。➤advanced, great, old, ripe高齡；老年◇He was still active even at the advanced age of 87.他 87 歲高齡時仍十分活躍。◇White hair is a sign of great age.白髮是年老的標誌。◇She dreaded old age.她怕變老。➤advancing, increasing不斷增加的年歲▸➤middle, third (BrE) 中年；第三時期（介於中年和老年之間）◇a pleasant woman in early middle age一個和藹可親的剛到中年的婦女➤childbearing, pensionable, retirement, school, school-leaving (BrE) 生育／領取養老金的／退休／入學／中學畢業年齡◇children of school age學齡兒童➤drinking, voting, working可飲酒／選舉／工作年齡➤mental, reading (especially BrE) 心理／閱讀年齡VERB + AGE➤attain, get to, live to, reach年屆⋯；活到⋯年齡；達到⋯年齡◇When you get to my age you get a different perspective on life.你到我這個年紀時就會對人生有不同的看法。◇She lived to the age of 75.她活到了 75 歲。➤act, feel, look做與年齡相符的事；感到上年紀；看上去有⋯年齡◇Act your age!別沒大沒小的！◇She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她開始感到自己正在老去。➤lower, raise降低／提高⋯年齡◇The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.選舉年齡從 21 歲降到了 18 歲。AGE + NOUN➤group, range年齡組；年齡範圍▸➤limit年齡限制PREPOSITION➤at a/the age在某一年齡◇At your age I had already started work.我像你這麼大的時候已經開始工作了。➤between the ages在⋯年齡之間◇children between the ages of five and eleven5 到 11 歲的兒童➤by the age到⋯年齡◇He could read by the age of four.他 4 歲就能認字了。➤for sb's age以某人的年齡來說◇He's quite a big boy for his age.以他的年齡來說，他個子算大了。➤over (the) age超過⋯年齡◇Twelve million people are over retirement age.1,200 萬人過了退休年齡。➤under age未到法定年齡的◇It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age (= not legally old enough).向未到法定年齡的孩子售酒是非法的。➤under the age不足⋯年齡◇It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.向未滿 18 歲的孩子售酒是非法的。➤with age隨着年頭的增加◇A lot of wines improve with age.許多葡萄酒年頭越長，味道越好。➤age of⋯歲◇He left school at the age of 18.他 18 歲時畢業離校了。PHRASES➤the age of consent（對性行為可以自主的）同意年齡，承諾年齡◇The general age of consent for sexual activity is 16.性行為的同意年齡通常為 16 歲。➤sb's own age和某人年齡相當◇She needs a friend of her own age to play with.她需要一個同齡人一起玩。➤years of age⋯歲◇He's 20 years of age.他 20 歲。
age

noun²

 2period of history歷史時期ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤another, bygone, different另一個／過去的／不同的時代◇This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.這家別致的小旅館好像屬於另一個時代。➤Bronze, Ice, Stone青銅器／冰河／石器時代▸➤computer, digital, industrial, modern, nuclear, etc.計算機時代、數字時代、工業時代、現代、核時代等▸➤Elizabethan, Victorian, etc.伊麗莎白、維多利亞等時代▸➤golden黃金時代◇the golden age of Hollywood好萊塢的黃金時代PREPOSITION➤during the... age在⋯時代◇He lived during the Victorian age.他生活在維多利亞時代。➤in a/the age在⋯時代◇She lived in an age when few women became politicians.她生活在鮮有女性從政的時代。➤through the ages歷代◇an exhibition of Islamic art through the ages歷代伊斯蘭藝術展➤age of⋯時代◇the age of the computer計算機時代PHRASES➤in this day and age (= in the period we now live in) 在當今這個時代◇Why dress so formally in this day and age?都這年月了，怎麼還穿得這麼正式？
age

noun³

 3ages/an age (especially BrE) a very long time很長時間VERB + AGES/AN AGE | PHRASES VERB + AGES/AN AGE➤spend, take花費很長時間◇It took an age for us all to get on the boat.我們花了很長時間才全部上了船。PHRASES➤absolutely ages極長的時間◇I've been sitting here for absolutely ages.我在這兒坐了很久了。➤ages ago很久以前◇Carlos left ages ago.卡洛斯很久以前就走了。➤for ages好久◇We had to wait for ages!我們不得不等了很久！
age

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ADVERB➤a lot, really衰老了很多；十分衰老◇The shock has aged her a lot.這一打擊使她蒼老了很多。◇My mother has really aged since she got sick.我母親生病後非常衰老了。➤a little有點兒衰老◇He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老點兒了。➤quickly, rapidly迅速／快速衰老◇a rapidly ageing / aging population迅速老化的人口➤prematurely過早衰老▸➤gracefully, well適度陳化；陳化得好◇This wine has not aged well.這種葡萄酒陳化得不夠好。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age noun
⇨ age (at the age of 18) ⇨ period (the nuclear age) ⇨ years (It's an age since I saw him.)age

noun

age ♦︎ generation ♦︎ age group ♦︎ peer groupThese are all words for the number of years that a person has lived, or a group of people who have lived for about the same number of years. 这些词均表示年龄或同龄人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the younger / older generation / age group◆people of your own age / generation◆people of all ages / generations / age groups■ age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life 年龄；年龄段◆He left school at the age of 18.他18岁读完中学。◆children from 5-10 years of age5到10岁的儿童◆When I was your age I was already married.我在你这个年纪已经结婚了。◆He started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就开始弹钢琴。◆She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15岁是个尴尬的年龄。◆It was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到现在，人到中年时，她才开始享受生活。◆He died of old age.他终其天年。■ generation [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who were born at about the same time; a single stage in the history of a family; a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity （统称）一代人；（家族史中的）一代；一批（参与某活动的同龄人）◆The older generation tends to have more traditional views.老一辈人常常有较传统的观念。◆My generation has grown up without the experience of a world war.我们这一代人没有经历过世界大战。◆I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.我常常想，后人将怎样评价我们的努力。◆These stories were passed down from generation to generation.这些故事一代一代传了下来。◆a first- / second-generation American (= a person whose family has lived in America for one / two generations) 第一代／第二代美国人◆She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.她激励了一整届时装学校的毕业生。   see also generation ⇨ period ■ ˈage group [countable] people of a similar age or within a particular range of ages 年龄组；年龄段◆men in the older age group较高年龄段的男性◆education for the 16-18 age group16至18岁年龄段的教育■ ˈpeer group [countable] a group of people of the same age or social status 同龄群体；社会地位相同的群体◆She gets on well with her peer group.她和同龄人相处融洽。◆He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.由于无法抗拒同侪压力，他开始吸烟。   see also peer ⇨ peer NOTE 辨析 Generation, age group or peer group?Your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents' or your children's ages. Your age group may be a much narrower range of ages: age group is often used in official forms and figures, and the exact range of ages may be stated. * generation指一代人，如你和你的父母、你和儿女分属两代人；age group所指年龄段更窄，常见于官方表格或数据，而且可能会具体说明所指年龄范围◆the 16-18 generation/peer group Your peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by. * peer group指那些与你同龄、你认识并受其影响的人◆She gets on well with her generation/age group.

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