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agenounuk/eɪdʒ/ us/eɪdʒ/

age noun TIME SPENT ALIVE

A1 [ C or U ] the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed年龄，年纪；存在时间

Do you know the age of that building?你知道那座楼的历史有多久吗？
What age (= how old) is your brother?你弟弟多大了？
I'd guess she's about my age (= she is about as old as I am).我猜她和我年龄差不多。
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel.她写第一部小说时是74岁。
He left home at the age of 16.他16岁时离开了家。
I was married with four children at your age.像你这么大的时候我已经结了婚并且有了4个孩子。
She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is).她开始看上去与实际年龄一般大了。
I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old).我真的开始觉得老了。
His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is).他的女朋友年龄比他大一倍。
act your age!

said to someone to tell them to stop behaving like someone who is much younger别孩子气！成熟点吧！

the age of consent

the age at which someone is considered by the law to be old enough to agree to have sex with someone（可发生性行为的）法定年龄

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Prokofiev started composing at the age of five.

She's getting very forgetful in her old age.

He's very mature for his age.

He became a professional athlete at the age of 16.

Hilary's the same age as me.

age noun PERIOD

B1 [ C ] a particular period in time时代；时期

the Victorian age维多利亚时代
the modern age现代
the nuclear age核时代

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the age of imperialism

It's time this company moved into the computer age.

The neolithic period is sometimes called the new stone age.

Service industries such as tourism have become more important in the post-industrial age.

Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern age

age noun LONG TIME

ages [ plural ] informal also mainly UK an age [ S ]

B1 a very long time很长时间

It takes ages to cook.做饭要花很长时间。
I've been waiting for ages.我已经等了很长时间了。
It's been ages/an age since we last spoke.我们好长时间没有交谈了。

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It might take him ages but he'll do it eventually.

It took me ages to pluck up the courage to ask for a promotion.

I've been waiting in this queue for ages.

It seems like ages since we last spoke.

My sister always spends ages in the bathroom.

age noun BEING OLD

C2 [ U ] the fact of being or getting older年老；衰老；老化；陈年

Her back was bent with age.随着年事增高，她的背驼了。
This cheese/wine improves with age.这种奶酪／酒放的时间越长越好。
Her temper hasn't improved with age!她的脾气一点没有随着年龄增长而变好！

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Sunbathing can prematurely age and wrinkle the skin.

She's aged a lot since we last saw her.

The death of his wife had aged him greatly.

A great deal of research has examined the effects of ageing on our physical and mental capacities.

The whisky is aged for at least two years in oak barrels.

Idiom(s)

come of age
ageverb [ I or T ]uk/eɪdʒ/ us/eɪdʒ/ present participle UK ageing or US aging, past tense and past participle aged

If someone ages or something ages them, they look older.衰老，使…显得苍老

She's aged since the last time we met.她显得比我们上次见面时老了。

to develop in flavour or leave something to do this（使）发酵，（使）变陈

The brandy is aged in oak for ten years.这种白兰地在橡木桶中陈酿了10年。

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Sunbathing can prematurely age and wrinkle the skin.

She's aged a lot since we last saw her.

The death of his wife had aged him greatly.

A great deal of research has examined the effects of ageing on our physical and mental capacities.

The whisky is aged for at least two years in oak barrels.

-agesuffixuk/ -ɪdʒ/ us/ -ɪdʒ/

-age suffix ACTION

used to form nouns that refer to the action or result of something（构成名词，表示动作或结果）

blockage阻塞
shrinkage收缩
wastage浪费
All breakages must be paid for.损毁东西必须赔偿。

-age suffix STATE

used to form nouns that refer to a state or condition（构成名词，表示状态或状况）

bondage束缚
marriage婚姻
shortage短缺

-age suffix PLACE

used to form nouns that are names of places（构成名词，表示地方）

orphanage孤儿院
vicarage教区牧师住宅
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age

noun¹

 1how old sb/sth is年齡  ➡ see also old age ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGE | AGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤early, tender, young早年；幼年；童年◇He was sent away to school at an early age.他很小就被送去上學。➤advanced, great, old, ripe高齡；老年◇He was still active even at the advanced age of 87.他 87 歲高齡時仍十分活躍。◇White hair is a sign of great age.白髮是年老的標誌。◇She dreaded old age.她怕變老。➤advancing, increasing不斷增加的年歲▸➤middle, third (BrE) 中年；第三時期（介於中年和老年之間）◇a pleasant woman in early middle age一個和藹可親的剛到中年的婦女➤childbearing, pensionable, retirement, school, school-leaving (BrE) 生育／領取養老金的／退休／入學／中學畢業年齡◇children of school age學齡兒童➤drinking, voting, working可飲酒／選舉／工作年齡➤mental, reading (especially BrE) 心理／閱讀年齡VERB + AGE➤attain, get to, live to, reach年屆⋯；活到⋯年齡；達到⋯年齡◇When you get to my age you get a different perspective on life.你到我這個年紀時就會對人生有不同的看法。◇She lived to the age of 75.她活到了 75 歲。➤act, feel, look做與年齡相符的事；感到上年紀；看上去有⋯年齡◇Act your age!別沒大沒小的！◇She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她開始感到自己正在老去。➤lower, raise降低／提高⋯年齡◇The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.選舉年齡從 21 歲降到了 18 歲。AGE + NOUN➤group, range年齡組；年齡範圍▸➤limit年齡限制PREPOSITION➤at a/the age在某一年齡◇At your age I had already started work.我像你這麼大的時候已經開始工作了。➤between the ages在⋯年齡之間◇children between the ages of five and eleven5 到 11 歲的兒童➤by the age到⋯年齡◇He could read by the age of four.他 4 歲就能認字了。➤for sb's age以某人的年齡來說◇He's quite a big boy for his age.以他的年齡來說，他個子算大了。➤over (the) age超過⋯年齡◇Twelve million people are over retirement age.1,200 萬人過了退休年齡。➤under age未到法定年齡的◇It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age (= not legally old enough).向未到法定年齡的孩子售酒是非法的。➤under the age不足⋯年齡◇It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.向未滿 18 歲的孩子售酒是非法的。➤with age隨着年頭的增加◇A lot of wines improve with age.許多葡萄酒年頭越長，味道越好。➤age of⋯歲◇He left school at the age of 18.他 18 歲時畢業離校了。PHRASES➤the age of consent（對性行為可以自主的）同意年齡，承諾年齡◇The general age of consent for sexual activity is 16.性行為的同意年齡通常為 16 歲。➤sb's own age和某人年齡相當◇She needs a friend of her own age to play with.她需要一個同齡人一起玩。➤years of age⋯歲◇He's 20 years of age.他 20 歲。
age

noun²

 2period of history歷史時期ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤another, bygone, different另一個／過去的／不同的時代◇This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.這家別致的小旅館好像屬於另一個時代。➤Bronze, Ice, Stone青銅器／冰河／石器時代▸➤computer, digital, industrial, modern, nuclear, etc.計算機時代、數字時代、工業時代、現代、核時代等▸➤Elizabethan, Victorian, etc.伊麗莎白、維多利亞等時代▸➤golden黃金時代◇the golden age of Hollywood好萊塢的黃金時代PREPOSITION➤during the... age在⋯時代◇He lived during the Victorian age.他生活在維多利亞時代。➤in a/the age在⋯時代◇She lived in an age when few women became politicians.她生活在鮮有女性從政的時代。➤through the ages歷代◇an exhibition of Islamic art through the ages歷代伊斯蘭藝術展➤age of⋯時代◇the age of the computer計算機時代PHRASES➤in this day and age (= in the period we now live in) 在當今這個時代◇Why dress so formally in this day and age?都這年月了，怎麼還穿得這麼正式？
age

noun³

 3ages/an age (especially BrE) a very long time很長時間VERB + AGES/AN AGE | PHRASES VERB + AGES/AN AGE➤spend, take花費很長時間◇It took an age for us all to get on the boat.我們花了很長時間才全部上了船。PHRASES➤absolutely ages極長的時間◇I've been sitting here for absolutely ages.我在這兒坐了很久了。➤ages ago很久以前◇Carlos left ages ago.卡洛斯很久以前就走了。➤for ages好久◇We had to wait for ages!我們不得不等了很久！
age

verb

ADVERB➤a lot, really衰老了很多；十分衰老◇The shock has aged her a lot.這一打擊使她蒼老了很多。◇My mother has really aged since she got sick.我母親生病後非常衰老了。➤a little有點兒衰老◇He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老點兒了。➤quickly, rapidly迅速／快速衰老◇a rapidly ageing / aging population迅速老化的人口➤prematurely過早衰老▸➤gracefully, well適度陳化；陳化得好◇This wine has not aged well.這種葡萄酒陳化得不夠好。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 363 COCA: 386
age noun
⇨ age (at the age of 18) ⇨ period (the nuclear age) ⇨ years (It's an age since I saw him.)age

noun

age ♦︎ generation ♦︎ age group ♦︎ peer groupThese are all words for the number of years that a person has lived, or a group of people who have lived for about the same number of years. 这些词均表示年龄或同龄人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the younger / older generation / age group◆people of your own age / generation◆people of all ages / generations / age groups■ age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life 年龄；年龄段◆He left school at the age of 18.他18岁读完中学。◆children from 5-10 years of age5到10岁的儿童◆When I was your age I was already married.我在你这个年纪已经结婚了。◆He started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就开始弹钢琴。◆She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15岁是个尴尬的年龄。◆It was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到现在，人到中年时，她才开始享受生活。◆He died of old age.他终其天年。■ generation [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who were born at about the same time; a single stage in the history of a family; a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity （统称）一代人；（家族史中的）一代；一批（参与某活动的同龄人）◆The older generation tends to have more traditional views.老一辈人常常有较传统的观念。◆My generation has grown up without the experience of a world war.我们这一代人没有经历过世界大战。◆I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.我常常想，后人将怎样评价我们的努力。◆These stories were passed down from generation to generation.这些故事一代一代传了下来。◆a first- / second-generation American (= a person whose family has lived in America for one / two generations) 第一代／第二代美国人◆She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.她激励了一整届时装学校的毕业生。   see also generation ⇨ period ■ ˈage group [countable] people of a similar age or within a particular range of ages 年龄组；年龄段◆men in the older age group较高年龄段的男性◆education for the 16-18 age group16至18岁年龄段的教育■ ˈpeer group [countable] a group of people of the same age or social status 同龄群体；社会地位相同的群体◆She gets on well with her peer group.她和同龄人相处融洽。◆He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.由于无法抗拒同侪压力，他开始吸烟。   see also peer ⇨ peer NOTE 辨析 Generation, age group or peer group?Your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents' or your children's ages. Your age group may be a much narrower range of ages: age group is often used in official forms and figures, and the exact range of ages may be stated. * generation指一代人，如你和你的父母、你和儿女分属两代人；age group所指年龄段更窄，常见于官方表格或数据，而且可能会具体说明所指年龄范围◆the 16-18 generation/peer group Your peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by. * peer group指那些与你同龄、你认识并受其影响的人◆She gets on well with her generation/age group.
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