age
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/eɪdʒ/
🇬🇧
/eɪdʒ/
noun
A1
how many years someone has lived or something has existed
At what age do children start school?
孩子们几岁开始上学？
B1
a very long time
I haven't seen you in ages!
我好久没见到你了！
B2
a specific time in someone's life
Teenage is a difficult age for many people.
青少年时期对许多人来说是一个困难的年龄段。
B2
a period in history
We live in the digital age of technology.
我们生活在技术的数字时代。
B2
being old
As wine gets older with age, its flavor improves.
随着葡萄酒随着年份变老，其风味会改善。
R
a time division in geology
The Ice Age was a cold period in Earth's history.
冰河时代是地球历史上一个寒冷的时期。
verb
B1
to grow older
People age as time passes.
随着时间的推移，人们会变老。
R
to look or feel older; to make someone or something look older
Stress can make a person age faster.
压力可以使人更快地变老。
R
to develop better flavor over time; to let something develop flavor
Cheese needs to age to develop its full flavor.
奶酪需要陈化才能发展出其完整的风味。
translation
年龄, 很长时间, 人生阶段, 时代, 年老, 地质年代
变老, 显老, 陈化
词形变化
Plural
ages
Progressive
ageing
Past
aged
Perfect
aged
3rd Present
ages