| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | age (once / 22 pages) 1nv 2n Your age is the number of years you've been alive. If your cat is six, you can say that he's "six years of age." You can also talk about a stage of life or an era in history as an age: "School age kids need to get outside and play every day." Often when someone mentions age as a concept or idea, they mean old age, or being elderly. And the verb age means "grow older." The word comes from the Old French aage, "age or lifetime," from the Latin root aevum, "lifetime, eternity, or age." WORD FAMILYage: aged, ageing, ageism, ageless, ages, aging, agism, nonage, overaged, underage+/aged: ageder, agedest, agedly, agedness, nonaged, unaged/ageism: ageisms/ageless: agelessly, agelessness/underage: underager USAGE EXAMPLESProblem: Pneumonia kills 27,000 Ugandan children under the age of five every year. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) But the passage of time hasn’t been easy for the aging school. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Officials didn’t release any identifying information, including the children’s ages. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n how long something has existed it was replaced because of its age Hypo|Hyper chronological age age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed bone agea person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age developmental agea measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms fertilization age, fetal age, gestational agethe age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization mental agethe level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test oldnessthe quality of being old; the opposite of newness newnessthe quality of being new; the opposite of oldness oldnessthe opposite of youngness youngnessthe opposite of oldness obsoleteness, superannuationthe property of being out of date and not current ancientness, antiquityextreme oldness old-fashionednessthe property of being no longer fashionable time of origin, vintagethe oldness of wines hoarinessgreat age (especially grey or white with age) brand-newnessthe property of being very new freshnessthe property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated recency, recentnessthe property of having happened or appeared not long ago agedness, senescencethe property characteristic of old age senilitythe state of being senile longevity, senioritythe property of being long-lived stalenesshaving lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging juvenility, youth, youthfulnessthe freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person childishness, puerilitya property characteristic of a child property a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class 2n a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises she was now of school age Syn|Hypo|Hyper eld age of consent the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union legal age, majoritythe age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs minority, nonageany age prior to the legal age drinking agethe age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages voting agethe age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections time of life a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state 3n a late time of life old age is not for sissies age hasn't slowed him down at all Syn|Hypo|Hyper eld, geezerhood, old age, years dotage, second childhood, senility mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations time of life a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state 4n a prolonged period of time we've known each other for ages Syn|Hypo|Hyper long time, years month of Sundays a time perceived as long aeon, eonan immeasurably long period of time blue moona long time year dotas long ago as anyone can remember period, period of time, time period an amount of time 5v grow old or older She aged gracefully we age every day--what a depressing thought! Syn|Hypo|Hyper get on, maturate, mature, senesce turn become officially one year older fossilise, fossilizebecome mentally inflexible dotebe foolish or senile due to old age develop grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment 6v begin to seem older; get older The death of his wife caused him to age fast Hyper develop grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment 7v make older 2The death of his child aged him tremendously Ant|Hyper rejuvenate make younger or more youthful alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation n an era of history having some distinctive feature we live in a litigious age Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper historic period Age of Reason a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine Elizabethan agea period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity Victorian agea period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation Baroque periodthe historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Middle Agesthe period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance Renaissancethe period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries Italian Renaissancethe early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance technological revolutionthe transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation Reign of Terrorthe historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed Harlem Renaissancea period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished New Dealthe historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented Reconstruction Periodthe period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 Restorationthe reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685 Great Depressiona period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment antiquity the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe golden ageany period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness Jazz Agethe 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism reignthe period during which a monarch is sovereign turn of the centurythe period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century epoch, era a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event |
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