age /eɪdʒ/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (aging,aged,ages)

• 1.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） 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。

• 2.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） 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。

• 3.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） 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。

• 4.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） 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。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） An age is a period in history. 时代

  例：

  ...the age of steam and steel.

  …蒸汽与钢铁时代。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很长时间 [非正式]

  例：

  He waited what seemed an age.

  他等了似乎很长时间。

• 7.  

  （） → see also aged, aging, middle age