單詞
age
英 [e?d?]
美[ed?]
基本信息
- n. 年齡；時代；壽命，使用年限；階段
- vi. 成熟；變老
- vt. 使成熟；使變老，使上年紀
- n. (Age)人名；(瑞典)阿格；(日)揚 (姓)；(西、荷)阿赫
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詞態變化
復數:?ages;第三人稱單數:?ages;過去式:?aged;過去分詞:?aged;現在分詞:?aging;?ageing;
中文詞源
age 年紀
來自PIE *aiw, 生命力。同詞根ev, 見longevity, 長壽。
英文詞源
- age
- age: [13] Age has undergone considerable transmutations and abbreviations since its beginnings in Latin. Its immediate source in English is Old French aage, which was the product of a hypothetical Vulgar Latin form *aetāticum (the t is preserved in Proven?al atge). This was based on Latin aetāt- (stem of aetās), which was a shortening of aevitās, which in turn came from aevum ‘lifetime’.
This entered English in more recognizable form in medieval, primeval, etc; it is related to Greek aión ‘age’, from which English gets aeon [17], and it can be traced back to the same root that produced (via Old Norse eí) the now archaic adverb ay(e) ‘ever’ (as in ‘will aye endure’).
=> aeon, aye - age (n.)
- late 13c., "long but indefinite period in human history," from Old French aage (11c., Modern French age) "age; life, lifetime, lifespan; maturity," earlier edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetaticum (source of Spanish edad, Italian eta, Portuguese idade "age"), from Latin aetatem (nominative aetas), "period of life, age, lifetime, years," from aevum "lifetime, eternity, age," from PIE root *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see eon). Meaning "time something has lived, particular length or stage of life" is from early 14c. Used especially for "old age" since early 14c. Expelled native eld.
- age (v.)
- "to grow old," late 14c., from age (n.). Meaning "to make old" is early 15c. Related: Aged; aging.
雙語例句
- 1. Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.
- 美是一種態度，與年齡無關。
來自金山詞霸
- 2. He knew what he wanted to do from the age of 14.
- 他14歲起就知道自己日后干什么了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In some cases there is a mini-mum age limit.
- 有些情況下有最低年齡限制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
- 他晚年成了一個藝術贊助人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He died in a nursing home at the age of 87.
- 他在一家養老院去世，享年87歲。
來自柯林斯例句