- 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."
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- n. 年龄；阶段
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1. He guessed her age.
他猜对了她的年龄。
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2. The age of a person
一个人的年龄
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3. at the age of 87
在87 岁那年
age ★ / eɪdʒ ; NAmE eɪdʒ / noun , verb age ages aged ageing noun ★ 1 ★ [countable , uncountable ] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed 年龄 ◆ He left school at the age of18. 他 18 岁读完中学。 ◆ She needs more friends of her own age. 她需要更多的同龄朋友。 ◆ children from 5–10 years of age *5 至 10 岁的儿童 ◆ Young people of all ages go there to meet. 不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。 ◆ When I was your age I was already married. 我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。 ◆ He started playing the piano at an early age. 他幼年开始弹钢琴。 ◆ All ages admitted. 老幼均可入内。 ◆ Children over the age of12 must pay full fare. *12 岁以上儿童须购全票。 ◆ She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old). 她开始感到自己上年纪了。 ◆ He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect, considering his age). 以他的年龄，他算高个子。 ◆ There's a big age gapbetween them (= a big difference in their ages). 他们的年龄相差很大。 ◆ ways of calculating the age of the earth 计算地球年龄的方法 2 ★ [uncountable , countable ] a particular period of a person's life 年龄段 ◆ middle age 中年 ◆ 15 is an awkward age. *15 岁是个尴尬的年纪。 ◆ He died of old age. 他终其天年。 ☞see also the third age 3 ★ [countable ] a particular period of history （历史上的）时代，时期 ◆ the nuclear age 核时代 ◆ the age of the computer 计算机时代 ☞see also Bronze Age , Iron Age , New Age , Stone Age 4 ★ [uncountable ] the state of being old 老年；陈年；破旧；老化 ◆ Wine improves with age. 陈酒味浓。 ◆ The jacket was showing signs of age. 这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。 ◆ the wisdom that comes with age 随着年龄而增加的智慧 5 ★ ages [plural ] ( also an age [singular ] ) ( informal) ( especially BrE) a very long time 很长时问 ◆ I waited for ages. 我等了好长时间。 ◆ It'll probably take agesto find a parking space. 大概得老半天才能找到停车位。 ◆ Carlos left ages ago. 卡洛斯老早就离开了。 ◆ It's been an age since we've seen them. 我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。 6 [countable ] ( geology 地 ) a length of time which is a division of an epoch 期 IDIOMS ˌbe/ˌact your ˈage to behave in a way that is suitable for sb of your age and not as though you were much younger 行为和年龄相称；举止不再有孩子气 ˌcome of ˈage 1 when a person comes of age,they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities 成年；达到法定年龄 ☞see also coming of age 2 if sth comes of age,it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it 成熟；发达 ˌlook your ˈage to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older 容貌与年龄相当 ˌunder ˈage not legally old enough to do a particular thing 未到法定年龄 ◆ It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age. 售香烟给未到法定年龄的儿童是非法的。 ☞see also underage ☞more at advanced , certain adj. , day , feel v. , grand adj. , ripe verb ( ag·ing , aged , aged ) HELP In BrEthe present participle can also be spelled age·ing. 英式英语中，现在分词也可拼作 ageing。 1 [intransitive ] to become older 变老 ◆ As he aged, his memory got worse. 他随着年事增高，记忆力就变差了。 ◆ The population is aging (= more people are living longer). 人口正在老龄化。 2 [transitive ] to make sb/sth look, feel or seem older 使显老；使变老；使苍老 agesb ◆ The shock has aged her. 这次打击让她显得苍老了。 agesth ◆ Exposure to the sun ages the skin. 太阳曝晒会使皮肤粗老。 3 [intransitive , transitive ] to develop in flavour over a period of time; to allow sth to do this （使）成熟，变陈 SYN mature ◆ The cheese is left to age for at least a year. 这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。 agesth ◆ The wine is aged in oak casks. 这种酒是用栎木酒桶放陈的。 COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配 The ages of life 年龄段 Childhood/youth 童年／青年时期 ■ be born and raised/bredin Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class family 在牛津出生并长大；在一个富裕／中产阶级家庭出生并长大 ■ havea happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood 有一个幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 ■ grow upin a musical family/an orphanage; on a farm 成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 ■ be/grow upan only child (= with no brothers or sisters) 是独生子 ■ reach/hit/enter/go throughadolescence/puberty 进入／经历青春期 ■ be inyour teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties 十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 ■ undergo/experiencephysical/psychological changes 经历生理／心理变化 ■ give in to/succumb to/resistpeer pressure 屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 ■ assertyour independence/individuality 维护独立／个性 Adulthood 成年 ■ leaveschool/university/home 离开学校／大学／家 ■ go out towork (at sixteen) （16 岁）投身工作 ■ get/finda job/partner 找到工作／伴侣 ■ be/getengaged/married 订婚；结婚 ■ have/geta wife/husband/mortgage/steady job 有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 ■ settle down and havekids/children/a family 安定下来并生儿育女 ■ begin/start/launch/builda career (in politics/science/the music industry) 开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 ■ prove (to be)/represent/mark/reacha (major) turning point for sb/in your life/career 最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人／某人人生／某人职业生涯的（重要）转折点 ■ reach/be well into/settle intomiddle age 进入／安度中年 ■ have/suffer/go througha midlife crisis 经历中年危机 ■ take/considerearly retirement 提前退休；考虑提前退休 ■ approach/announce/enjoyyour retirement 临近／宣布／享受退休 Old age 老年 ■ have/see/spend time withyour grandchildren 有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 ■ take up/pursue/developa hobby 开始／追求／培养一种爱好 ■ get/receive/draw/collect/live ona pension 得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 ■ approach/save for/die fromold age 临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 ■ live toa ripe old age 高寿 ■ reachthe grand old age of 102/23 ( often ironic) 活到 102 ／ 23 岁高龄（常作反语） ■ be/become/be getting/be goingsenile ( often ironic) 变得衰老（常作反语） ■ die (peacefully)/pass awayin your sleep/after a brief illness 睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世 age / eɪdʒ ; NAmE eɪdʒ /
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