age
- KK[edʒ]
- DJ[eidʒ]
美式
- 年齡[C][U]；（人生的）某一時期[U]
- 變老；使（酒之）味道變醇；成熟
- 使變老；使（酒之）味道變醇；使成熟
名詞複數：ages
動詞變化：aged / aged / aging / ageing
- 釋義
- 同反義
名詞
- 1. 年齡[C][U] What's the age of that old building? 那座古老的建築有多久的歷史了？
- 2. （人生的）某一時期[U] I used to play tennis there when I was your age. 當我在你這個年紀的時候，我常在那裡打網球。
- 3. 法定年齡；成年[U] Bob comes of age next week. 鮑伯下週到達法定年齡。
- 4. 老年[U] My grandfather was bent with age. 我祖父年老背駝。
- 5. （常大寫）時代[S1] We live in the Space Age. 我們生活在太空時代。
- 6. 很長時間[P1] I haven't seen him for ages. 我已好長時間沒有見到他了。
不及物動詞
- 1. 變老 Since her husband's death, she has aged considerably. 自從她丈夫去世後，她老了許多。
- 2. 使（酒之）味道變醇；成熟 The whisky has aged for twenty-five years. 這威士忌酒已存放了二十五年了。
及物動詞
- 1. 使變老 The continual strain aged him. 不停的緊張勞累使他變老了。
- 2. 使（酒之）味道變醇；使成熟 The distiller has aged all his whisky for more than ten years. 製酒師把全部威士忌酒存放了十多年。
