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  1. noun
    2. TIME SPENT ALIVE
    PERIOD
    LONG TIME
    BEING OLD
    Idiom(s)
  2. verb
  3. suffix
    4. ACTION
    STATE
    PLACE
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年齡，年紀；存在時間

Do you know the age of that building?你知道那座樓的歷史有多久嗎？
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).我猜她和我年齡差不多。
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel.她寫第一部小說時是74歲。
He left home at the age of 16.他16歲時離開了家。
I was married with four children at your age.像你這麽大的時候我已經結了婚並且有了4個孩子。
She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is).她開始看上去與實際年齡一般大了。
I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old).我真的開始覺得老了。
His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is).他的女朋友年齡比他大一倍。
act your age!

said to someone to tell them to stop behaving like someone who is much younger别孩子氣！成熟點吧！

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（可發生性行爲的）法定年齡

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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時代；時期

the Victorian age維多利亞時代
the modern age現代
the nuclear age核時代

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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很長時間

It takes ages to cook.做飯要花很長時間。
I've been waiting for ages.我已經等了很長時間了。
It's been ages/an age since we last spoke.我們好長時間沒有交談了。

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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；陳年

Her back was bent with age.随着年事增高，她的背駝了。
This cheese/wine improves with age.這種奶酪／酒放的時間越長越好。
Her temper hasn't improved with age!她的脾氣一點沒有随着年齡增長而變好！

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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…顯得蒼老

She's aged since the last time we met.她顯得比我們上次見面時老了。

to develop in flavour or leave something to do this（使）發酵，（使）變陳

The brandy is aged in oak for ten years.這種白蘭地在橡木桶中陳釀了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（構成名詞，表示動作或結果）

blockage阻塞
shrinkage收縮
wastage浪費
All breakages must be paid for.損毀東西必須賠償。

-age suffix STATE

used to form nouns that refer to a state or condition（構成名詞，表示狀態或狀況）

bondage束縛
marriage婚姻
shortage短缺

-age suffix PLACE

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

orphanage孤兒院
vicarage教區牧師住宅

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