| 单词 | old |
| 释义 | old (once / 8 pages) 1adjn 2adj Use the adjective old to describe someone who's been alive for a long time. When you're 30, 60 seems old, and when you're 60, 90 seems old. When you're 90, face it, you're old! The adjective old also means former. It can be fun to visit your favorite teachers at your old elementary school, or to drive through your old neighborhood. You can use old to describe something of long duration, like your old friends from camp who you visit every summer. Old also has numerous informal or slang uses, like the phrase "any old," which you'd use to say, "I don't want just any old job; I want to be a circus clown." WORD FAMILYold: older, oldest, oldish, oldly, oldness, olds USAGE EXAMPLESThese days it’s populated mainly by seagulls, boarded-up barracks, some art studios and old warehouses, but officials hope the museum triggers its transformation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) To reduce the risk of pneumonia, two vaccines are recommended for people age 65 and older: Prevnar 13 first, followed by Pneumovax a year later. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Dry, itchy skin is a common companion when the humidity drops, especially as we get older. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age his mother is very old a ripe old age how old are you? Syn|Ant experienced, experient having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation maturehaving reached full natural growth or development aged, elderly, older, senioradvanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) aged, of agehaving attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) ageing, aging, senescentgrowing old ancientvery old anileof or like a feeble old woman centenarianbeing at least 100 years old darkened(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time doddering, doddery, gaga, senilementally or physically infirm with age emeritushonorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus' gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-hairedshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair middle-agedbeing roughly between 45 and 65 years old nonagenarianbeing from 90 to 99 years old octogenarianbeing from 80 to 89 years old oldishsomewhat elderly over-the-hill, overage, overaged, superannuatedtoo old to be useful sexagenarianbeing from 60 to 69 years old venerableimpressive by reason of age seniorolder; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service immature, young (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth immaturenot yet mature newnot of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered one-year-oldone year of age two-year-oldtwo years of age three-year-oldthree years of age four-year-oldfour years of age five-year-oldfive years of age adolescent, teen, teenage, teenagedbeing of the age 13 through 19 infantilebeing or befitting or characteristic of an infant boyish, boylike, schoolboyishbefitting or characteristic of a young boy childlike, childlybefitting a young child earlyvery young girlish, schoolgirlishbefitting or characteristic of a young girl juniorincluding or intended for youthful persons little, small(of children and animals) young, immature newbornrecently born preadolescent, preteenof or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 puppyish, puppylikecharacteristic of a puppy tenderyoung and immature youngishsomewhat young vernal, young, youthfulsuggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh junioryounger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service 2adj of long duration; not new old tradition old house old wine old country old friendships old money Syn|Ant noncurrent not current or belonging to the present time stalelacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age nonmodernnot modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time age-old, antiquebelonging to or lasting from times long ago antediluvian, antiquated, archaicso extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period antiquemade in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age aulda Scottish word hand-down, hand-me-downpassed on from one person to another hoary, rustyancient immemoriallong past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history long-agobelonging to time long gone longtimeof long duration patchedmended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch secondhand, usedpreviously used or owned by another sunsetof a declining industry or technology yellow, yellowedchanged to a yellowish color by age pastearlier than the present time; no longer current wornaffected by wear; damaged by long use new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered currentoccurring in or belonging to the present time freshrecently made, produced, or harvested modernbelonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages bran-new, brand-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-spanconspicuously new fresh(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again hot, red-hotnewest or most recent new-sprung, newbornhaving just or recently arisen or come into existence newfoundnewly discovered novel, refreshingpleasantly new or different parvenu, parvenueof or characteristic of a parvenu recentnew radical, revolutionarymarkedly new or introducing radical change risingnewly come into prominence sunriseof an industry or technology; new and developing untested, untriednot yet proved or subjected to testing unusednot yet put into use virginbeing used or worked for the first time youngbeing in its early stage 3adj just preceding something else in time or order my old house was larger Syn previous preceding existing or coming before 4adj belonging to some prior time Syn erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime past earlier than the present time; no longer current 5adj skilled through long experience an old offender Syn older experienced, experient having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation 6n past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') 2Hyper past, past times, yesteryear the time that has elapsed 1adj (used for emphasis) very familiar good old boy same old story Syn familiar well known or easily recognized 2adj (used informally especially for emphasis) had us a high old time Syn honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough echt, genuine not fake or counterfeit Old (once / 83 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Old: Oldest USAGE EXAMPLESDude looked like a coach or an Old Navy model, all fleeced and boot-cut. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) That’s what they got at Old Trafford just over a month ago. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Eastern Michigan lost to Old Dominion, which was playing in its first bowl game. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj of a very early stage in development Old English is also called Anglo Saxon Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century Syn early of an early stage in the development of a language or literature |
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