n.(名词)

1. 时代，时期
2. 年龄，年龄段
3. 老年，晚年
4. 成年，法定年龄
5. 破旧，老化
6. 成熟，发达
7. 【地】代
8. （生命发展中的一个）阶段，时期
9. [常用复数]长时期，很长时间；许多年；几百年；长久

v.(动词)

1. 变老，上年纪；显老，苍老
2. 使显老，使变老，使苍老，使衰老，催人老
3. 变陈，陈化
4. 成熟，使成熟
5. 使味道变醇，使醇化
6. 【化】老化，使老化

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]年龄,年纪 the amount of time that sb/sth has been in the world
2. [U]人生的一个阶段 one of the periods of a person's life
3. [U]老年,老 being old
4. [S]时代,时期 a certain time in history

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 长大,变老; 使苍老 become old or seem old
2. vi. 变陈,变醇厚 become fitter for use with the passage of time; have a fully-developed taste

Noun:

1. how long something has existed;

   "it was replaced because of its age"
   

2. an era of history having some distinctive feature;

   "we live in a litigious age"
   

3. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises;

   "she was now of school age"
   "tall for his eld"
   

4. a prolonged period of time;

   "we've known each other for ages"
   "I haven't been there for years and years"
   

5. a late time of life;

   "old age is not for sissies"
   "he's showing his years"
   "age hasn't slowed him down at all"
   "a beard white with eld"
   "on the brink of geezerhood"
   

Verb:

1. begin to seem older; get older;

   "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
   

2. grow old or older;

   "She aged gracefully"
   "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
   "Young men senesce"
   

3. make older;

   "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
   

The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English. 亦拼作aging，主要用于美国英语。

1.年龄
Yourage is the number of years that you have lived.

e.g. She has a nephew who is just ten years ofage...
她有一个才10岁的侄子。
e.g. At theage of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。

2.寿命
Theage of a thing is the number of years since it was made.

age

e.g. Everything in the room looks in keeping with theage of the building.
房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。

3.老年；变老
age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.

age的反义词

e.g. Perhaps he has grown wiser withage...
可能随着年纪增长，他变聪明了。
e.g. The fabric was showing signs ofage...
这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。

4.（使）变老；（使）显老
When someoneages, or when somethingages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.

e.g. He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
他原来一直看起来很年轻，但最近几个月他显得老了。
e.g. He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。

5.（使）变陈；（使）成熟
When food or alcoholis aged or when itages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour.

e.g. Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期，所以口味极佳。
e.g. Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。

6.（一）代；时代；时期
Anage is a period in history.

e.g. ...theage of steam and steel.
蒸汽和钢铁时代
e.g. ...items of Bronzeage pottery.
青铜器时代的陶器

7.很长的时间
You can sayan age orages to mean a very long time.

e.g. He waited what seemed anage...
他等了似乎很长时间。
e.g. The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
公共汽车过了很长时间才来。

8. see also: aged;ageing;coming of age;dark age;golden age;Ice age;Iron age;middle age;Stone age

9.举止和年龄相称
If someone tells you toact yourage, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.

10.成熟；发达
If somethingcomes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.

e.g. Recycling is an issue that has come ofage in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。

11.成年;达到法定年龄
When someonecomes of age, they become legally an adult.

e.g. The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came ofage.
在埃迪达到法定年龄之前，该公司将委托他人代为经营。

12.未到合法年龄的;未成年的
Someone who isunder age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.

e.g. Because she was underage, her parents were still responsible for her.
因为她还未成年，她的父母仍然应为她负责。
e.g. ...underage smoking.
未成年吸烟

1. 老化：商品规格: 150ML 对抗年龄最具爆炸性的突破 保护和修复细胞的DNA 正面影响基因调控因子,帮助减缓细胞衰老 激发线粒体的生物活性 减缓老化(age)蛋白堆积,保护细胞完善性,延长细胞寿命 美国原装进口

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2. 寿命：另外注意,在练宠时注意别让宠死亡,死亡后有时候宠的寿命(age)要+5,而一起参战的宠寿命会+1另外注意,在练宠时注意别让宠死亡,死亡后有时候宠的寿命(age)要+5,而一起参战的宠寿命会+1另外注意,在练宠时注意别让宠死亡,

3.age：advanced glycosylation end products; 糖基化终末产物

4.age：advanced glycation end; 晚期糖基化终产物age

5. age

5.age：acute gastro enteritis; 急性肠胃炎

6.age：agetags; 年龄特征词

1. It was difficult to tell his exact age.
   很难说出他的确切年龄。
2. At your age you should know better.
   你这个年龄,应该懂点事了。
3. They married at a late age.
   他们年龄很大时才结婚。
4. He became a doctor at the age of 27.
   他27岁时成了一名医生。
5. He looks young for his age.
   他看上去比他的实际岁数小。
6. age was telling on him.
   他显得衰老了。
7. I am more than sixty.but I don't feel my age.
   我已经60多岁了,但我并未觉得自己这么老。
8. I haven't seen you for aɡes.
   我好久没见到你了。
9. The two boys are (of) the same age.
   这两个男孩同龄。
10. It's been ages since we met.
    我们好久不见了。
11. They took ages to mend the bike.
    他们花了很长时间才把自行车修好。
12. You are quite behind the age.
    你远远地落后时代了。
13. We are living in the computer age.
    我们正生活在计算机时代。
14. Those animals lived in the Middle ages.
    那些动物生活在中世纪。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. He is aging rapidly.
   他老得很快。
2. The wine aged well.
   这酒陈得很好。
3. The wine is put into oak casks to age.
   酒被放在橡木桶中让其变陈。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. Fear and anxiety aged him overnight.
   恐惧和忧虑使他一夜之间变老了。
2. The fear of what might happen aged him.
   对可能发生的事情的担忧使他变得苍老了。

其他v -ed as Attrib.

1. He is a boy aged ten.
   他是个10岁的孩子。
2. He is an aged man.
   他是一个老年男子。

be〔come〕 of age

到了成年 reach the age at which one has an adult's legal rights and obligations

under age

未成年 not yet adult

• One man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.

  出自：As You Like It,Shakespeare

middle age

中年

There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages).

他们的年龄相差很大。

ways of calculating the age of the earth

计算地球年龄的方法

He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age) .

以他的年龄，他算高个子。

She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old) .

她开始感到自己上年纪了。

He started playing the piano at an early age .

他幼年开始弹钢琴。

All ages admitted.

老幼均可入内。

Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare.

12岁以上儿童须购全票。

He left school at the age of 18.

他18岁读完中学。

She needs more friends of her own age.

她需要更多的同龄朋友。

children from 5'u201310 years of age

5至10岁的儿童

Young people of all ages go there to meet.

不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。

When I was your age I was already married.

我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。

...under age smoking.

未成年吸烟

Whisky loses strength as it ages.

存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。

...the age of steam and steel.

蒸汽和钢铁时代

...items of Bronze age pottery.

青铜器时代的陶器

He waited what seemed an age...

他等了似乎很长时间。

The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.

公共汽车过了很长时间才来。

Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.

回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。

The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.

在埃迪达到法定年龄之前，该公司将委托他人代为经营。

Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.

因为她还未成年，她的父母仍然应为她负责。

Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...

意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期，所以口味极佳。

He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.

他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。

She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...

她有一个才10岁的侄子。

At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...

16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。

Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.

房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。

Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...

可能随着年纪增长，他变聪明了。

The fabric was showing signs of age...

这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。

He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...

他原来一直看起来很年轻，但最近几个月他显得老了。

n.(名词)

1. age的基本意思是“年龄”“年纪”,引申还可指“长时间”, age还可指具有某种显著特征,或以杰出人物命名的历史时代,也指地质学、考古学中的“时代”。
2. age表示“年龄”,可用作可数名词或不可数名词,表示“时代”,是可数名词,多用作单数形式,且以大写字母开头。
3. age笼统指个人或多人的年龄时常用单数。但如果分别指各人的年龄,或age后面跟各个具体的年龄,这时常用复数。
4. age表示“年龄”“年纪”时,与介词at连用,当表示“时代”“时期”时,与介词in连用,表示“长时间”时,要用介词for,表示“同龄”时,要用介词of, of可省略。

v.(动词)

1. age的基本意思是在不长的时间内“长大,老化,变老” “使苍老”。
2. age还可指“(酒等)变陈”或“存一段时间再用”,往往表示因历时长久而变好,尤其指味道变醇厚。
3. age可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
4. age的现在分词有两种形式：ageing和aging,前者更常见些。
5. age的过去分词可用作前置形容词,表示“…岁的”“年老的”。

1. age前加at，in或of，表示不同意思。

   He died at the age of ninety.（age指“年龄”)
   He is of my age.（age指“同年”）

2. 下列各句均表示相同意思：

   I am twenty years of age.
   I am twenty.

3. 注意下面的表达方式均不正确：

   I am twenty of age.
   以上有时指“我面容上老了二十年”的意思。

4. at the age of ...结构中用the，不用an；
5. advanced age指“高龄”，old age指“老年”。表达方式at an extremely old age和at a good old age是正确的；

   He died at an advanced age.（NOT He died at an old age.）
   He died in his old age.（NOT He died in his advanced age.)

6. age所在的表达方式when I was of your age，a man of twice my age，of what age he is等中，可省略of；
7. middle age指“中年”，大概是四十到六十岁，而指“少年”时，常用youth，而不是young age；
8. 不能说My age is young，而是说I am young；
9. Middle ages（或the middle ages）指“中世纪”，不可与middle age混用，而old age也不可指“古代”，应用ancient times表示；
10. of an age指“同年龄的”，of the age指“当代的”，of age指“成年的”；
11. 若从你出生到现在为十八年和几个月，可说eighteen，但实际已是第十九年，也可说 in my nineteenth year；
12. for ages和for an age都指“经过了很长时间”。

    He kept me waiting for ages.
    他让我等了好久。

    He kept me waiting for an age.

n.(名词)

old age, advanced age

这两个短语都可表示“老年”,但前面使用的介词不同。例如:

Her father died in his old age.

她的父亲在他老年时去世。

Her father died at an advanced age.

她的父亲在高龄时去世。

of age, of an age, of the age

这三个短语的意思并不相同。of age的意思是“成年的”; of an age的意思是“同年的”; of the age的意思是“当代的”。例如:

The girl has been of age.

这姑娘已经成年了。

They are of an age.

他们同龄。

He is one of the great poets of the age.

他是当代伟大诗人之一。

for age, in age

这两个短语都表示“长时间”。区别是：后者主要用于美式英语。

age, generation, period

这三个词的共同意思是“时期”。其区别是：

period是这组词中最一般的常用术语,用于任何时限,时间可长可短; age意为“时代,寿命”,常用来表示以一个中心人物或显著特征而闻名的时期; generation意为“代、世代”,用于上辈出世与下辈出世之间的时段,对人类来说这段时间有时可算作20年或25年,也可用于下辈本身。例如:

The period in which people learnt to make tools of iron is called the Iron age.人类学会用铁制造工具的时代,我们称为“铁器时代”。

My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's.我这一代人和我父辈及祖辈表现不同。

v.(动词)

age, develop, mature, mellow, ripen

这组词的共同含义是“成熟,长成”。其区别是：

mature不仅指身体上,也指精神、智力方面“成熟”; age则侧重“变老,老化”,可指人,也可指物; develop意为“生长,成长”,可指局部的,也可指整体的变化; mellow则指水果成熟、酒酿成,也可指人因年龄的增长,经验的积累而变得老练成熟; 而ripen的意思是“使…成熟”,着重指无生命的东西。

age，epoch，era，period，times

这些名词均含“时期、时代”之意。

age常指具有显著特征或以某杰出人物命名的历史时代或时期。

epoch正式用词，侧重指以某重大事件或巨大变化为起点的新的历史时期。

era书面语用词，指历史上的纪元、年代，可与epoch和age互换，侧重时期的延续性和整个历程。

period最普通用词，概念广泛，时间长短不限，既可指任何一个历史时期，又可指个人或自然界的一个发展阶段。

times侧重某一特定时期。

mature，ripen，age，develop

这些动词均有“成熟、长成”之意。

mature指生物自然发育成熟或丰满或使其能起正常作用，还可指人获得智慧、经验或变得世故。

ripen侧重已到生长成熟的顶点。

age一般指使人过早成熟，强调已走向衰老。

develop侧重使某一种类或个体潜在本能进化完全，词义比mature广泛。

n.(名词)

我们不知不觉进入中年。

误 We reach the middle age before we know it.

正 We reach middle age before we know it.

析 old age(老年)和middle age(中年)之前均不用冠词。

我在那个年龄经常放学后去打乒乓球。

误 I used to play table tennis after school when I was in that age.

正 I used to play table tennis after school when I was that age.

析 that age作“那个年龄”讲,可以直接作表语或定语,不必加任何介词。

他年老背驼。

误 His back is bent with ages.

正 His back is bent with age.

析 age在作“年老”解时是抽象名词,即是不可数名词,因此不能用复数形式。

我十六岁。

误 I am at the age of sixteen.

误 I am sixteen of age.

正 My age is sixteen years.

析 at the age of在句中一般不可用作表语。

我们的老师是个年轻人。

误 Our teacher is a young-aged man.

正 Our teacher is a young man.

析 “年轻人”和“老年人”应说a young〔old〕 man,只有“中年人”才可说a middle-aged man.

我儿子5岁。

误 My son's age is five years old.

正 My son is five years old.

析 age与old是同义词,不可在一个句子中同时出现。

• ☆ 14世纪进入英语，直接源自古法语的aage；最初源自拉丁语的aetatm，意为生命，生命力。