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oldness

/ohld/US // oʊld //UK // (əʊld) //

老龄化,老化,老态,老龄化程度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    old·er [ohl-der], /ˈoʊl dər/, old·est [ohl-dist] /ˈoʊl dɪst/ or eld·er [el-der], /ˈɛl dər/, eld·est [el-dist]. /ˈɛl dɪst/.

    • : far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
    • : of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age.
    • : as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old.
    • : having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old; a century-old organization.
    • : having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy.
    • : having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eight years old.
    • : having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy.
    • : long known or in use: the same old excuse.
    • : overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast.
    • : belonging to the past: the good old days.
    • : having been in existence since the distant past: a fine old family.
    • : no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model.
    • : acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent: When the new house was built, we sold the old one.
    • : of, relating to, or originating at an earlier period or date: old maps.
    • : prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and Alaska.
    • : Old, in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records: Old Czech.
    • : experienced: He's an old hand at welding.
    • : of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time: an old and trusted employee.
    • : dull, faded, or subdued: old rose.
    • : deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated: old clothes.
    • : Physical Geography. far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
    • : sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems old beyond his years.
    • : : good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy.
    • : Informal. great; uncommon: a high old time.
    • : former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his old students.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Usually the old . old persons collectively: appropriations to care for the old.
    • : a person or animal of a specified age or age group: a class for six-year-olds; a horse race for three-year-olds.
    • : old or former time, often time long past: days of old.

Phrases

  • old as Adam
  • old chestnut
  • old college try, the
  • old saw
  • old shoe
  • old stamping ground
  • old story, an
  • old wives' tale
  • any old
  • chip off the old block
  • comfortable as an old shoe
  • dirty joke (old man)
  • get the air (old heave-ho)
  • no fool like an old fool
  • of old
  • ripe old age
  • same old story
  • settle a score (old scores)
  • stamping ground, old
  • teach an old dog new tricks
  • up to one's old tricks

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inold age

Examples

  • He also owns three of the top five seasons by average fastball velocity among players 30 and older.

  • Meanwhile, a 20-something university student told me that the coronavirus now feels like old news to her peers.

  • Innovation is all about using new technology to improve old processes.

  • After 147 years, the Paris Cafe, one of the oldest bars in New York City, has poured its final cocktail.

  • Then came the discovery of 279,000-year-old stone spear tips in Ethiopia.

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.

  • To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.

  • He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.

  • Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.

  • Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.

  • Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.

  • But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.