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NOUN. 名词1.?[C, U 有变体名词] (人的)年龄Your age is the number of years that you have lived. 双语例句例: She has a nephew who is just ten years of age. 她有个才满10岁的侄子。 例: At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina. 16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。 2.?[C, U 有变体名词] (物的)年代The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. 双语例句例: Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building. 该房间里的一切看起来都和该楼的年代相符。 3.?[U 不可数名词] 年长 , 成长Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 双语例句例: Perhaps he has grown wiser with age. 或许他已经随着年龄的增长变得更睿智了。 例: This cologne, like wine, improves with age. 这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。 4.?[C 可数名词] 时代An age is a period in history. 双语例句例: the age of steam and steel. 蒸汽与钢铁时代。 例: We're living in the digital age. 我们生活在数码时代。 5.?[C 可数名词] 很长时间You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 双语例句例: He waited what seemed an age. 他等了似乎很长时间。
VERB. 动词ages , aging , ageing , aged 1.?[I 不及物动词] 使显老 , 显老When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. 双语例句例: He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months. 他曾一直显得很年轻,但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。 例: Worry had aged him. 担忧使他显出老态。
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