Aged
['eɪdʒɪd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) people who are old collectively; 'special arrangements were available for the aged'.
(adj.) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) .
(adj.) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); 'mature well-aged cheeses' .
(adj.) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); 'aged members of the society'; 'elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper'; 'senior citizen' .
(adj.) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); 'aged rocks' .
(adj.) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); 'aged ten'; 'ten years of age' .
整理:劳拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Age
(a.) Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.
(a.) Belonging to old age.
(a.) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
塞西尔編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Old, elderly, stricken in years, advanced in life, with one foot in the grave.[2]. Having lived, of the age of.
珍妮整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Old, ancient, antiquated, elderly, senile, patriarchal, primeval, time-honored,olden
ANT:Juvenile, youthful, young, upstart, recent, fresh
校對:奥斯瓦德
例句/造句/用法:
- The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But with my three daughters, Emma, Jane, and Caroline--and my aged father--I cannot afford to be selfish. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If I didn't support a aged pairint, and a lovely sister,'--here the waiter was greatly agitated--'I wouldn't take a farthing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- To avoid being too abrupt, I then spoke of the Aged and of Miss Skiffins. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Bell, aged twenty-eight, explained his new idea to Henry, then aged seventy-eight. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their 'back-hair. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Never seen the Aged. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He is,' said the middle-aged lady. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Trees gigantic and aged grew near; before the gate I discerned a crowd of moving human figures--with intense curiosity I lifted my glass to my eye. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- My information is, unfortunately, but too correct,' said the middle- aged lady; 'I was present at the quarrel. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She made it her task to attend the sick, comfort the sorrowing, assist the aged, and partake the sports and awaken the gaiety of the young. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- All the middle-aged clerks think their families too large. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Only a few middle-aged and ageing people in France had had any practical experience of warfare. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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