时间: 2025-04-24 14:53:54
美: [edʒ]
英: [eɪdʒ]
n. 年龄;时代;寿命,使用年限;阶段
vi. 成熟;变老
vt. 使成熟;使变老,使上年纪
n. (Age)人名;(瑞典)阿格;(日)扬 (姓);(西、荷)阿赫
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词源分析:来自拉丁语“aetas”,其意为“时期、年龄”。相关词根“aet”意指时间或时期。
历史背景:该词在英语中首次出现于14世纪,用于描述人类的生命阶段以及历史时期。
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She is at the age where she can vote.
她正处于可以投票的年龄。
The average life expectancy has increased over the past century.
平均寿命在过去一个世纪中有所增加。
This artifact dates back to the Bronze Age.
这个文物可以追溯到青铜时代。
He feels younger than his actual age.
他感觉比实际年龄要年轻。
As people age, their health may decline.
随着人们的年龄增长,健康可能会下降。
*. The age of information technology has transformed communication.
信息技术时代改变了沟通方式。
The legal age for drinking alcohol varies by country.
喝酒的法定年龄在不同国家有所不同。
There was a significant age gap between the two partners.
两位合伙人之间有显著的年龄差距。
Children experience rapid growth during their early age.
儿童在早期阶段经历快速成长。
The old tree is estimated to be over a hundred years of age.
这棵老树的年龄估计超过一百年。
同义词:
微小差异:虽然“years”是具体的时间单位,而“lifetime”则更强调生物的整个生存时期。
反义词:
区别:年龄(age)是一个广泛的概念,可以包括所有年龄阶段,而“youth”和“childhood”仅指年轻的阶段。
这些词汇通常与“age”一起使用,帮助描述不同的生命阶段或与时间相关的概念。
[N-VAR] Your age is the number of years that you have lived. (人的) 年龄
例:She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.她有个才满10岁的侄子。
例:At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina.16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。
[N-VAR] The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. (物的) 年代
例:Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.该房间里的一切看起来都和该楼的年代相符。
[N-UNCOUNT] Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 年长; 成长
例:Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.或许他已经随着年龄的增长变得更睿智了。
例:This cologne, like wine, improves with age.这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。
[V-T/V-I] When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. 使显老; 显老
例:He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months.他曾一直显得很年轻,但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。
[N-COUNT] An age is a period in history. 时代
例:...the age of steam and steel.…蒸汽与钢铁时代。
[[非正式]] You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很长时间
例:He waited what seemed an age.他等了似乎很长时间。