英语词汇“of age”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. of (formerly also †at, †to) age: at the age at which one has an adult's legal rights and obligations (varying from period to period and region to region; in Britain and the United States now usually at 18 or 21 for most purposes). to come of age: to attain adult age and status; (in extended use) to reach full development or maturity. [After Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French d'age adult (12th cent.), having reached the age of majority (1293 or earlier, frequently in estre d'age ; French d'âge ); compare classical Latin suae aetātis and post-classical Latin aetatis esse (from late 12th cent. in British sources).

With to come to age (see quot. c1425) compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French venir en age (1283), venir a age (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [adjective]

mucha1154

of (formerly also at, to) agec1300

perfect agec1384

full-growna1393

ripea1393

greatc1515

adult1531

maturate1556

mellowed1575

mellow1592

full-aged1596

mature1609

timed1611

grown-upa1640

adulted1645

grown1645

upgrown1667

matured1805

coming of age1858

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1324 (MED) To kepe þis passage Fram horn, þat is of age.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2837 (MED) Whan he cam to age, He resigned hool his herytage.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 690 (MED) Of iustyng canste thou ryght noght, For thou art not of age.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 243 Every Burgess at age..hath power to trade, and bear office, in the City.

1682 in Notes & Queries (1921) 163 436/2 He has left my neighbour Shatterdon's eldest son 6 thousand a year att least to be managed tell he comes att age by trustees for him.

1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools i. 1 Sir, I'm no Boy, I have been at Age this Half-year.

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata xi. 172 His Cousin Alan..assisted the young Prince, when he came to Age, with a powerful Army to recover his father's..Royal Sceptre.

1775 S. Johnson Let. 15 July (1992) II. 248 To hinder my dear Harry from mischief when he comes of age.

1816 J. Dunkin Hist. Bicester v. 25 The heir came of age, and was admitted to the possession of the estate.

1833 Philol. Museum 2 221 Every people in an early stage of civilization, before the nation comes of age.

1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 12 On Henry's birth Everard laid down twelve dozen of port against his coming of age.

1927 H. H. Hemming & D. Hemming tr. A. Siegfried (title) America comes of age.

1992 Chem. in Brit. 28 326 Goddard and others have proclaimed that quantum chemistry came of age in 1970.

2009 A. M. Brown-Comment Dawn of Promise 99 My parents..will put up some resistance to my plans, but I am now of age and hope they will understand.

b. Indicating the reference of a measurement, in of length, of breadth, of depth, etc. Now archaic, except in of age.Now usually replaced by in; this construction is often replaced by an adjective, e.g. ‘six feet high’, ‘two inches long’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective]

oldeOE

old-yeared?c1425

of age1526

aged1543

aetat?1616

aet1654

a1390 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3602 With hym been hise litel children thre, The eldeste scarsly fyue yeer was of age.

?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 2141 (MED) Ane elne of lenghe þa wandes ware.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 6 Þe crosse..was of lenth viii. cubits.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2898 Ȝit has þe floum, as I fynde, a forelange o brede.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 31 The werke of this tour is iij or iiij fadom of height.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxv. 507 The blade was two els of length.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iii. f. lxxvij^v Iesus him silfe was about thirty yere of age.

1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 25 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres For euery one foot of height, one foot of scarpe.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xlv. 5 The fiue and twenty thousand of length, and the tenne thousand of breadth, shall also the Leuites..haue for themselues.

1738 A. Ramsay Wks. (1944–73) III. ii. 247 To me, far in the frozen north,..through Nights of eighteen hours of Length, ther's hardly aught coud please me better than friendly love & your kind letter.

1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 652 He is..fifty-three years of age.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 6 For ten miles of length..this belt of barren country lay along the sea.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xi. 142 His six feet of height and his great rolling sinews seemed pitifully inadequate to the ordeal.

1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 143/1 3 members of the maternal family had heart disease—2 died elderly and the third died at 12 years of age.

1993 S. L. Delany et al. Having our Say iv. xiv. 88 My visitor was a sawed-off little fella. I was five feet, seven inches of height, and unfortunately for him, I like my men tall.

2000 Big Issue 17 July 43/2 (advt.) Candidates must be over 18 years of age, [and] have a minimum of one year's experience of mental health work.

单词	of age
释义	> as lemmas of (formerly also †at, †to) age a. of (formerly also †at, †to) age: at the age at which one has an adult's legal rights and obligations (varying from period to period and region to region; in Britain and the United States now usually at 18 or 21 for most purposes). to come of age: to attain adult age and status; (in extended use) to reach full development or maturity. [After Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French d'age adult (12th cent.), having reached the age of majority (1293 or earlier, frequently in estre d'age ; French d'âge ); compare classical Latin suae aetātis and post-classical Latin aetatis esse (from late 12th cent. in British sources). With to come to age (see quot. c1425) compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French venir en age (1283), venir a age (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1324 (MED) To kepe þis passage Fram horn, þat is of age. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2837 (MED) Whan he cam to age, He resigned hool his herytage. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 690 (MED) Of iustyng canste thou ryght noght, For thou art not of age. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 243 Every Burgess at age..hath power to trade, and bear office, in the City. 1682 in Notes & Queries (1921) 163 436/2 He has left my neighbour Shatterdon's eldest son 6 thousand a year att least to be managed tell he comes att age by trustees for him. 1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools i. 1 Sir, I'm no Boy, I have been at Age this Half-year. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata xi. 172 His Cousin Alan..assisted the young Prince, when he came to Age, with a powerful Army to recover his father's..Royal Sceptre. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 15 July (1992) II. 248 To hinder my dear Harry from mischief when he comes of age. 1816 J. Dunkin Hist. Bicester v. 25 The heir came of age, and was admitted to the possession of the estate. 1833 Philol. Museum 2 221 Every people in an early stage of civilization, before the nation comes of age. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 12 On Henry's birth Everard laid down twelve dozen of port against his coming of age. 1927 H. H. Hemming & D. Hemming tr. A. Siegfried (title) America comes of age. 1992 Chem. in Brit. 28 326 Goddard and others have proclaimed that quantum chemistry came of age in 1970. 2009 A. M. Brown-Comment Dawn of Promise 99 My parents..will put up some resistance to my plans, but I am now of age and hope they will understand. extracted from agen. of age b. Indicating the reference of a measurement, in of length, of breadth, of depth, etc. Now archaic, except in of age.Now usually replaced by in; this construction is often replaced by an adjective, e.g. ‘six feet high’, ‘two inches long’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] oldeOE old-yeared?c1425 of age1526 aged1543 aetat?1616 aet1654 a1390 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3602 With hym been hise litel children thre, The eldeste scarsly fyue yeer was of age. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 2141 (MED) Ane elne of lenghe þa wandes ware. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 6 Þe crosse..was of lenth viii. cubits. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2898 Ȝit has þe floum, as I fynde, a forelange o brede. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 31 The werke of this tour is iij or iiij fadom of height. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxv. 507 The blade was two els of length. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iii. f. lxxvij^v Iesus him silfe was about thirty yere of age. 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 25 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres For euery one foot of height, one foot of scarpe. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xlv. 5 The fiue and twenty thousand of length, and the tenne thousand of breadth, shall also the Leuites..haue for themselues. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Ramsay Wks. (1944–73) III. ii. 247 To me, far in the frozen north,..through Nights of eighteen hours of Length, ther's hardly aught coud please me better than friendly love & your kind letter. 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 652 He is..fifty-three years of age. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 6 For ten miles of length..this belt of barren country lay along the sea. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xi. 142 His six feet of height and his great rolling sinews seemed pitifully inadequate to the ordeal. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 143/1 3 members of the maternal family had heart disease—2 died elderly and the third died at 12 years of age. 1993 S. L. Delany et al. Having our Say iv. xiv. 88 My visitor was a sawed-off little fella. I was five feet, seven inches of height, and unfortunately for him, I like my men tall. 2000 Big Issue 17 July 43/2 (advt.) Candidates must be over 18 years of age, [and] have a minimum of one year's experience of mental health work. extracted from ofprep. < as lemmas
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