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old
adjective /əʊld/
adjectiveold
comparativeolder
superlativeoldest
  1. 1
    used for talking about the age of someone or something …岁的
    how old :

    She didn't mention how old her children were. 她没说她的几个孩子多大了。

    ‘How old are you?' ‘I'm 5 years old.' 你多大岁数了?我五岁。

    old enough to do something :

    He's not old enough to see this film. 他年龄不够,不能看这部电影。

    too old to do something :

    Aren't you too old to play with dolls? 你这么大的年纪难道还适合玩娃娃吗?

    1. a.
      used for saying that someone is not as young as other people (与别人相比)年纪大的

      He's 26 now, which is quite old in this sport. 他现在26岁,从事这项运动年纪算相当大了。

      the oldest :

      He's the oldest boy in his class. 他是班上年纪最大的男生。

      older than :

      I'm older than my brother. 我的年龄比我弟弟大。

  2. 2
    someone or something that is old has lived a long time 老的;年老的

    A lot of old people live alone. 许多老人独自生活。

    Trees are the oldest living things on the planet. 树木是这个星球上最古老的生物。

    get/grow old :

    I hope I'll still be able to play golf when I get old. 我希望我老了的时候还能打高尔夫球。

     Synonyms and related words
    Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...
     Synonyms and related words
    Old (of people): ancient, elderly, old...
    1. a.

      the old

      old people. Many people now think that this expression is offensive. 老年人(现在许多人认为该词具冒犯义)
       Synonyms and related words
      Old people: the aged, centenarian, the elderly...
  3. 3
    something that is old has existed or been used for a long time 年代久的;古老的

    There's an old belief that animals can predict earthquakes. 有个古老的看法认为动物能预知地震。

    Her sewing machine's really old – it was her mother's. 她的缝纫机年代确实很久了,那是她母亲的。

     Synonyms and related words
    Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...
    1. a.
      [only before noun] used in a negative way about something that is not useful or in good condition any longer 陈旧的,破旧的(含贬义)

      Why do you keep all these old newspapers? 你为什么留着这些旧报纸?

      That old car of theirs is getting so unreliable. 他们的那辆破车性能很不稳定了。

       Synonyms and related words
      Not effective or useful and not working correctly: useless, ineffective, inefficient...
    2. b.
      [only before noun] used in a positive way about something that is very familiar 原来的,熟悉的(含褒义)

      It was nice to get back into my old routine. 恢复了我原来的生活秩序,太好了。

       Synonyms and related words
      Known and not secret: known, overt, transparent...
  4. 4
    [only before noun] used for describing something that existed, happened, or was used in the past 旧时的;过去的

    ‘Thy' is an old way of saying ‘your'. Thy是your的旧式说法。

    Look at all these old machines! 瞧瞧这些过去的机器吧!

     Synonyms and related words
    Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...
    1. a.
      used for referring to something that has been replaced by a newer thing of the same type 旧的;已被新事物替代的

      The old motorway to Glasgow only had two lanes. 去格拉斯哥的旧高速公路只有两条车道。

       Synonyms and related words
      Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...
    2. b.
      used with the names of towns and countries, for referring to the oldest part or to the way it was in the past 旧的,老的(与城市和国家的名字连用,用于指其最古老的地方或过去的样子)

      a tour of Warsaw's picturesque Old Town 到华沙景色如画的老城区的游览

       Synonyms and related words
      Old (of things): aged, ageing, age-old...
    3. c.
      used with the names of languages to refer to the form of the language that was used in the past 古的(与语言的名称连用,用于指该语言过去的使用形式)

      a poem written in Old English 用古英语写的诗

       Synonyms and related words
      Words used to describe language: agglutinative, classical, cognate...
  5. 5
    informal used for showing that you like someone and care about them (用于表示亲密)

    How is my old buddy Jim? 我的老伙计吉姆好吗?

    dear old :

    Dear old Aunty Emily – what would we do without her? 亲爱的埃米莉姨妈,没有她我们该怎么办?

     Synonyms and related words
  6. From our crowdsourced Open Dictionary
    6
    get old to lose appeal, attractiveness, newness; not to be interesting anymore

    Being the houseguest having to sleep on the couch was getting old very quickly.

    Submitted by Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 16/08/2014
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