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

• 1. 

  N-VAR 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。

  例：

  At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina.

  16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。

• 2. 

  N-VAR 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 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。

  例：

  This cologne, like wine, improves with age.

  这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I 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 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 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