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🔑oldold /oʊld / adjective ➤age年龄- (used about people and animals) having lived a long time（人或动物）老的，岁数大的，年迈的◆My mother wasn't very old when she died.我母亲去世的时候岁数不太大。◆He's only 50, but he looks older.他只有 50 岁，但看上去要老一些。◆to get / grow / become old变老 OPP young
- (used with a period of time or with how) of a particular age（与时间段或 how 连用）…年龄的，…岁数的◆Our car is only a year old.我们的汽车只开了一年。◆They have a two-year-old (= a child who is two years old).他们有个两岁大的孩子。◆How old are you?你多大了？◆Are you older or younger than your sister?你比你的姐妹年龄大还是小？◆my older sister我姐姐➨ WORD BUILDING 词汇扩充When you want to ask about someone's age, you usually say How old are you? 询问某人的年龄，通常说 How old are you?The answer can be I'm sixteen, or I'm sixteen years old, but NOT I'm sixteen years, and NOT I have sixteen years. 回答可以说 I'm sixteen 或 I'm sixteen years old，但不说 I'm sixteen years 或 I have sixteen years。Here are some examples of other ways of talking about age.以下是表示年龄的另外一些说法I'm almost seventeen.我快十七岁了。a girl of sixteen十六岁的女孩a sixteen-year-old girl十六岁的女孩
➤not new旧- having existed for a long time; not new or modern古老的；过去的；陈旧的；过时的◆a beautiful old stone house一座漂亮的老石头房子◆old ideas / traditions旧思想；老传统
- having been used a lot用旧的；旧的◆My younger brother gets all my old clothes.我的旧衣服都归弟弟了。◆I'm going to trade in my old car for a new one.我要把旧车折旧抵价买辆新的。 OPP new
- (only before a noun只用于名词前) former; previous以前的；原先的◆I earn more now than I did in my old job.我现在挣的钱比以前的那份工作多。
- (only before a noun只用于名词前) known for a long time结识时间长的；熟悉的◆She's a very old friend of mine.她是我的一位老朋友。
➤good old / poor old可爱；可怜- (only before a noun只用于名词前) (informal) used for expressing friendship and affection（表示友好与亲昵）◆Good old Tom solved the problem!可爱的老汤姆解决了这个问题！
➤any old随便一个- (only before a noun只用于名词前) (informal) used for emphasizing that something is not important（用以强调某事物不重要）◆“What time should I come?” “Oh, any old time – it doesn't matter.”“我该什么时间来？”“哦，随便什么时间都行，不要紧的。”
➤old people老人- the old
noun [plural] old people（统称）老人 SYN the elderly
 ●be an old hand (at sth)to be good at something because you have done it often before是（做某事的）老手；经验丰富；在行●old hat (informal) no longer interesting or exciting because it has been done, seen, etc. too many times习以为常；失去新鲜感◆Staying in fancy hotels soon becomes old hat when you travel a lot on business.出差旅行多了，很快就会对住豪华酒店失去兴趣。●plain old (informal) (only before a noun只用于名词前) ordinary; basic普通的；正常的；一般的；基本的◆What that boy needs is some plain old common sense.那个男孩需要的只是一些最基本的常识。 |