ages

英 [ˈeɪdʒɪz] 美 [ˈeɪdʒɪz]

n.  年龄; 年龄段; (历史上的)时代，时期
v.  变老; 使显老; 使变老; 使苍老; (使)成熟，变陈
age的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

    The spelling aging is also used, mainly in American English. 亦拼作aging，主要用于美国英语。

  1. N-VAR 年龄
    Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
    1. She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
      她有一个才10岁的侄子。
    2. At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
      16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。
    3. I admired him for being so confident at his age.
      我钦佩他这般年纪就如此自信。
  2. N-VAR 寿命
    The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
    1. Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
      房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。
  3. N-UNCOUNT 老年；变老
    Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
    1. Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...
      可能随着年纪增长，他变聪明了。
    2. The fabric was showing signs of age...
      这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。
    3. The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient.
      岁月最无情的痕迹留在了那块看起来明显很古老的织物上。
  4. V-ERG （使）变老；（使）显老
    When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.
    1. He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
      他原来一直看起来很年轻，但最近几个月他显得老了。
    2. He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
      他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。
  5. V-ERG （使）变陈；（使）成熟
    When food or alcohol is aged or when it ages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour.
    1. Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
      意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期，所以口味极佳。
    2. Whisky loses strength as it ages.
      存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。
  6. N-COUNT （一）代；时代；时期
    An age is a period in history.
    1. ...the age of steam and steel.
      蒸汽和钢铁时代
    2. ...items of Bronze Age pottery.
      青铜器时代的陶器
  7. N-COUNT 很长的时间
    You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
    1. He waited what seemed an age...
      他等了似乎很长时间。
    2. The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
      公共汽车过了很长时间才来。
  8. See also: aged ageing coming of age dark age golden age Ice Age Iron Age middle age Stone Age
  9. 举止和年龄相称
    If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
    1. PHRASE 成熟；发达
      If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.
      1. Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
        回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。
    2. PHRASE 成年;达到法定年龄
      When someone comes of age, they become legally an adult.
      1. The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.
        在埃迪达到法定年龄之前，该公司将委托他人代为经营。
    3. PHRASE 未到合法年龄的;未成年的
      Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.
      1. Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
        因为她还未成年，她的父母仍然应为她负责。
      2. ...under age smoking.
        未成年吸烟
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    双语例句

    1. Whisky loses strength as it ages.
      存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。
    2. The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
      公共汽车过了很长时间才来。
    3. This is open to women of all ages, so bring along your friends and colleagues
      这对所有年龄段的女性开放，所以请带上你的朋友和同事一起光临。
    4. Our cars get blocked in and we can't leave for ages
      我们的车被堵在里面，要等很久才能走。
    5. I worried for ages and decided that I had better break it to her.
      我烦恼了很长时间，后来决定还是把这事告诉她。
    6. Women were burned as witches in the middle ages
      妇女在中世纪时被当成女巫烧死。
    7. The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
      这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。
    8. Right now you're in a more commanding position than you have been for ages
      现在你的权力超过了多年以来任何时候。
    9. In developed countries, cot death is the main cause of death between the ages of one week and one year
      在发达国家，婴儿猝死是一周到一岁的婴儿死亡的主要原因。
    10. The windows would probably have been crafted in the latter part of the Middle Ages
      这些窗户很可能是中世纪后期精心制作的。
    11. In the Middle Ages, years of crop failure were always followed by terrible disease.
      中世纪时，庄稼连年歉收后总会出现严重的疫情。
    12. In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
      中世纪时，drab（“本色布”）一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。
    13. They have spent ages looking at the map and can't find a trace of anywhere called Darrowby
      他们对着地图细看了许久也没能找到那个叫达罗比的地方的影踪。
    14. This full-flavoured white wine ages well.
      这种醇厚的白葡萄酒年头愈久口味愈佳。
    15. It's ages since I've seen her so it'll be nice to meet her in town on Thursday.
      自上次见她以来已很长时间了，非常高兴周四会在城里见到她。
    16. You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages
      每次只需一点点胶水而已，因此一管可以用很长时间。
    17. A man is deliberately designed to be mortal. He grows, he ages, and he dies.
      人注定终有一死：长大、衰老，然后消亡。
    18. We're looking for people of all ages who have performed outstanding acts of bravery, kindness or courage
      我们正在寻找那些见义勇为、乐于助人、勇气可嘉的人，年龄不限。
    19. The Women's Gym is a women-only space dedicated to women of all ages, shapes and sizes.
      女子健身馆对各种年龄层次、体型和个头的女性开放。
    20. When they had married, six years before, the difference in their ages had seemed unimportant.
      他们6年前结婚时，年龄的差距似乎并不重要。
    21. They'll be ages yet.
      他们还得好长时间呢。
    22. These customs have been handed down through the ages.
      这些风俗是世世代代传下来的。
    23. In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.
      在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。
    24. Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.
      在中世纪，宗教和炼金术密切相联。
    25. I haven't seen you for ages.
      老没见你啊。
    26. The student was out of his depth in discussion on the Middle Ages.
      那个学生对关于中世纪的讨论感到难于理解。
    27. Strike me pink! bill jones! I haven't seen you for ages.
      这太让我吃惊了，比尔·琼斯！我好久没见你了。
    28. The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.
      他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
    29. We haven't seen them for ages; why not ask them over for lunch on sunday?
      我们很久没有见到他们了，何不星期天请他们到家里吃午饭呢？
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