olden

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈəʊl.dn̩/|/ˈəʊl.dən/    美 /ˈoʊldn̩/|/ˈoʊldən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age. dated,intransitive,rare
    — Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend and neighbour […]
形容词 adj.
  1. From or relating to a previous era. not-comparable
    — olden days, olden times
  2. Old; ancient. archaic,not-comparable
    — We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.

词形变化

oldens present,singular,third-person oldening participle,present oldened participle,past oldened past

词汇关系

近义词
historical eldern
反义词
youngen
衍生词
olden time

词源

词源 1
From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).
Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English old
English -en
English olden
From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).
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