Old age, advanced period of life; usually with regard to its effects upon a person. Also personified. archaic and poetic.
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| 释义 | the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] (53) eld971 Old age, advanced period of life; usually with regard to its effects upon a person. Also personified. archaic and poetic. old agec1330 The later part of life; the period of life after youth and middle age (cf. age, n. 1); the state of having existed for a relatively long time… agec1380 esp. The latter part of life, when the physical effects of ageing become apparent, old age. Also: an instance of this, a particular type of old age. last agea1382 (a) the closing years of life, old age; also figurative; (b) the times just passed, the previous era. oldc1385 Old age; the advanced stage or period of life. Obsolete. aldereldea1400 Extreme old age; a life of many years. winterc1425 figurative and in figurative contexts. A time or state of old age, decay, affliction, hostility, emotional coldness, etc. Cf. autumn, n. 3 spring, n.1… vilessec1430 Old age. annosityc1450 Great age; long life or existence. senectute1481 Old age. the black ox1546 figurative. the black ox: adversity, hardship, misfortune; the cares of life. Chiefly in the black ox has trod on his (also her,etc.) foot and… golden years1559 (a) the best or most successful period in the life of a person or thing; one's heyday; (b) the later part of the life of a person or thing, spec.… years1561 In plural. The later part of life, old age. Frequently in in years. Also in extended use. Obsolete (in later use archaic and poetic). great1587 Of long duration; lasting, or having lasted, a long time. With reference to the age of a person, building, etc. Frequently modifying years. afterlife1589 The later part of a person's life; a later period in life; later life. setting sun1597 figurative and in figurative contexts (chiefly poetic). The end of a person's life; a person's declining years or death. Often with possessive… antiquity1600 With reference to a person: the fact of being old or of advancing years; old age; (also) seniority. Also more generally: relative age or seniority. chair-daysa1616 old age, when rest in a chair is the most natural condition. the vale of yearsa1616 the vale of years, the declining years of a person's life; old age. grandevity1623 Great or old age. green old age1634 green old age: an old age that is full of vitality. eldship1647 Old age. senioritya1688 The senile period of life. Obsolete. rare. the other side of the hill1691 The latter part of life; old or middle age. Cf. over the hill at hill, n. 1e. the decline of life1711 In the decline of life there is a mixture of senses 1 2. senectude1756 = senectitude, n. senility1791 The condition of being senile; old age or the mental and physical infirmity due to old age. senectitude1796 Old age. post-climacteric1826 Old age. rare. Anno Domini1885 colloquial and humorous. Advanced or advancing age; (sometimes more generally) the passage of time. senium1911 The period of old age. Usually with the. golden age1946 euphemistic (originally U.S.). The later part of life; old age. Frequently attributive. Subcategories:— state or quality of (4) — hoariness from age (1) — process of growing old (3) — decrepitude or senility (10) — period preceding old age (1) — period of beginning of old age (1) — sign of age (1) |
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