词组 | age |
释义 | age /eɪdʒ/ noun 1. how old someone isadjectives/nouns + ageold age Loneliness affects many people in old age.middle age (=between about 40 and 60) Smoking kills a fifth of all smokers in middle age.a great/advanced age (=a very old age) My aunt died at a great age. | Kirby is not alone in wanting to run his own business at an advanced age.a difficult/awkward age (=used mainly about the time when people are teenagers) 13–16 is often a difficult age.retirement age The risk of experiencing poverty is much greater for those over retirement age.school age Children should start doing homework as they approach high school age.school-leaving age BrE The government is proposing to raise the minimum school-leaving age.the legal age In the UK, the legal age for buying alcohol is 18.the minimum age The minimum age for driving a car is 17.the voting age There are plans to bring down the voting age from 18 to 16.marriageable age formal (=the age when you can get married) Her father wanted her to marry as soon as she reached marriageable age.of working age 55 percent of the people are of working age.of childbearing age (=at the age when a woman can have children) It is against the law to refuse to employ a woman of childbearing age because she may become pregnant.age + nounsan age group/bracket/range Men in the 50–65 age group are most at risk from heart disease. | The school takes in children from the seven to eleven age range.an age limit There’s no upper age limit for drivers.an age gap/difference There’s a five-year age gap between me and my husband – he’s 35 and I’m 40.age discrimination (=unfair treatment because of someone’s age) We need laws against age discrimination in the workplace.verbsget to/reach/live to an age One in three children died before they reached the age of 5. | The number of people living to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.approach an age (=be almost a particular age) He was approaching retirement age.lower/raise the age (=at which something can be done) The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.look/feel your age (=look or feel as old as you really are) The singer is 46, but she doesn’t look her age at all. | I keep getting aches in my legs and I’m starting to feel my age.act your age (=behave in the way that a person of your age should behave) It’s time he started acting his age.ask sb his/her age It’s rude to ask a woman her age.say your age He didn’t say his age, but I think he was about 30.prepositionsat an age At your age, you shouldn’t have any problem walking.of this/that/sb’s age Children of this age learn very quickly.by the age of I could read by the age of five.the age of 5/65 etc She left school at the age of 15.under/below the age of The film is not suitable for children under the age of twelve.over the age of It is difficult to get travel insurance if you are over the age of 80.for your age She looks very good for her age.phrasesfrom an early/young age She’d been playing the piano from a very early age.at an early/young age Kids can start learning a second language at a young age.sb (of) your own age He needs to play with children of his own age.the age of consent (=when you are legally allowed to marry or have sex) At 15, the girl was under the age of consent.2. a particular period of historyadjectives/nouns + agea new age We are now entering a new age in world history.a golden age (=a very good or successful time) This is a television show from the golden age of American comedy.a bygone age (=a time in the past, which no longer exists) The building has the elegance and grace of a bygone age.the modern age In the modern age, the British monarch does not have any real power.the space age The 1960s was the dawn of the space age.the nuclear age The nuclear age began in the middle of the 20th century.the digital age In the digital age, people can access information from a range of different sources.the computer age Before the computer age, all records were kept on paper.the information age (=the age of computers and the internet) In the information age, people want things faster and faster.the industrial age The mills of the industrial age were powered by steam.the Ice Age (=one of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when ice covered many northern countries) The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.the Stone Age (=the very early time in human history, when only stone was used for making tools, weapons etc) In the Stone Age people made tools from pieces of rock.the Bronze Age (=the period of time, between about 6,000 and 4,000 years ago, when bronze was used for making tools, weapons etc) They found a beautiful bracelet, which dated back to the Bronze Age.the Iron Age (=the period of time, about 3,000 years ago, when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc) The hill was used as a fort in the Iron Age.the Dark Ages (=the period in European history from AD 476 to about AD 1000) The Vikings came to England in the Dark Ages, after the Romans had gone.the Middle Ages (=the period in European history between about AD 1100 and AD 1500) Many of our greatest churches and cathedrals were built in the Middle Ages.the Victorian age (=the period 1837–1901 when Victoria was Queen of England) The Victorian age was a time of great scientific achievement.prepositionsin an age We are living in the age of technology.during an age During the Ice Age, global sea levels were lower.the age of sth In the age of the internet, information is very easy to find.through the ages The exhibition shows the development of the castle through the ages.phrasesin this day and age (=now – used when you do not think that something should still happen or exist now) Racist comments are not acceptable in this day and age. |
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