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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age
noun /eɪdʒ/
singularage
pluralages
  1. 1
    [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。

    1. a.
      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。

    See also reading age
  2. 2
    [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。

    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。

  3. 3
    [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
  4. 4
    [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
  5. 5

    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
  6. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
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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
  7. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    7
    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
age
verb /eɪdʒ/
present tense
I/you/we/theyage
he/she/itages
present participleaging
past tenseaged
past participleaged
  1. 1
    [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。

    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。

  2. 2
    [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。

  3. 3
    [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...
  4. 4
    [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 ADJECTIVEearly, 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 + AGEattain, 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 + NOUNgroup, range年齡組;年齡範圍limit年齡限制PREPOSITIONat 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。PHRASESthe 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 ADJECTIVEanother, 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PREPOSITIONduring 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PHRASESin 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 AGEspend, 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。PHRASESabsolutely 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

verb

ADVERBa 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 grouppeople of your own age / generationpeople 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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