age

名词 n. 动词 v.

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名词 n.

The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes) countable

— "What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)
The state of being old; the latter part of life. uncountable

— Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age.
Any particular stage of life. countable

— the age of infancy
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested. countable

— the age of consent; the age of discretion
Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities. uncountable

— to come of age; she is now of age
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. countable

— the golden age of cinema; the first age of colonialism; a bygone age
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished. countable,uncountable

— the age of Pericles; the age of the dinosaurs
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; A great period in the history of the Earth. countable

— The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age.
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.; The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch). countable

— The Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic Epoch.
One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month. countable,uncountable

— Mr Lewis says we are living in the age of Aquarius, which means that the world is at present passing through the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, the airy constellation.
A period of one hundred years; a century. countable
A generation. countable,dated,possibly,uncommon

— There are three ages living in her house.
A long time. countable,excessive

— It’s been an age since we last saw you.
Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average). countable

— The age of man is three score years and ten.
The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand. countable

动词 v.

To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. intransitive

— He grew fat as he aged.
To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.; To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way. intransitive,usually

— His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. transitive

— Grief ages us.
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.; To allow to mature. transitive

— We age the whiskey for five years.
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.; To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age. transitive

— This clock is modern, but it has been deliberately aged in an attempt to make it seem antique.
To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence). transitive

— There are several ways to age trees.
To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one. transitive

— I clearly remember hearing the news of Kennedy's assassination. That ages me.
To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt. figuratively,transitive

— Money's a little tight right now. Let's age our bills for a week or so.
To categorize by age. transitive

— One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.

词形变化

ages plural ages present,singular,third-person aging participle,present ageing participle,present aged participle,past aged past

词汇关系

近义词

mature elden age eld date get on grow up obsolesce olden season senesce superannuate upgrow

反义词

rejuvenate youngen youthen

上位词

develop progress

下位词

adult go bad ripen wrinkle

衍生词

achievement age act one's age advanced age afterage age-adjustment age adjustment age ain't nothing but a number age before beauty age class age compression aged age difference age discrimination age distribution age dream age dreamer age-during age fright ageful age gap age gate age grade agegraphic age group age identity ageing aging age is just a number ageism ageist ageistic ageless age limit age-long agelong age-mate Age of Aquarius age of consent age of criminal responsibility age of discretion Age of Enlightenment age of extinction age of judgement age of judgment age of majority age of reason Age of Sail Age of Steam age-old age play ageplay age rating age regress age regression age regressor age-reversal ages age set age spot age-standardization age standardization age standardized rate agewise agism all ages an egg's age antiager atomic age awkward age be ages with bone age bottom-age bottom age brazen age bronze age chronological age Church Age college-age come of age coming of age coming-of-age coon's age crow's age cyberage dark age Dark Ages darke age day-age day and age in this day and age day's age digital age dog's age drinking age emotional age for the ages an early age full age gayge golden age green old age health and fitness age heroic age hog age ice age Industrial Age info age international age iron age jazz age jet age Korean age legal age look one's age machine age mature-age student median age mental age midage middle-age middle age Middle Ages modern age multiage New Age new-age new age traveller nonage nuclear age of a certain age of age old-age old age home one age with overage prehistoric age radiometric age reading age ripe old age school age school-age show one's age silver age space age space-age steam age Stelliferous Age Stone Age stone-age teen-age teenage teenager third age top age top-age under age underage unto the ages of ages voting age weight for age with ages youth-on-age ageable age in place age like a fine wine age like fine wine age like milk age like vinegar age like wine age out age up ageworthy deage inflammage preage

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-u
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu
Proto-Italic *aiwom
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Proto-Italic *aiwotāts
Vulgar Latin aetātem
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Vulgar Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Vulgar Latin -icus
Vulgar Latin -āticus
Vulgar Latin -āticum
Vulgar Latin *aetāticum
Old French eagebor.
Middle English age
English age
From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu.
The verb is from Middle English agen, from the noun. Originally found mostly as a participial adjective, probably an adjective in -ed, derived from the noun, reanalyzed to create a verb; perhaps modeled on such pairs as Latin senēscō (seneō; verb) / senex (adjective) and Middle French vieillir (verb) / vieil (adjective). Also compare Old French se aagier, eogier (“become of age”).

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