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N-VAR
年龄
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
例句
She has a nephew who is just ten years of age...
她有一个才10岁的侄子。
At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg...
16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。
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N-VAR
寿命
The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
例句
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
房间里的一切看起来都与这栋建筑物的存在年头很相称。
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N-UNCOUNT
老年；变老
Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
例句
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age...
可能随着年纪增长，他变聪明了。
The fabric was showing signs of age...
这块衣料可以看出岁月留下的痕迹。
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V-ERG
（使）变老；（使）显老
When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert.
例句
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months...
他原来一直看起来很年轻，但最近几个月他显得老了。
He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
他虽然只有三十五六岁，但忧虑让他很显老。
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V-ERG
（使）变陈；（使）成熟
When food or alcohol is aged or when it ages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour.
例句
Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful...
意大利香醋在木桶中就经历了至少10年的酝酿期，所以口味极佳。
Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放时间越久，威士忌的口味越淡。
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N-COUNT
（一）代；时代；时期
An age is a period in history.
例句
...the age of steam and steel.
蒸汽和钢铁时代
...items of Bronze Age pottery.
青铜器时代的陶器
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N-COUNT
很长的时间
You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
例句
He waited what seemed an age...
他等了似乎很长时间。
The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
公共汽车过了很长时间才来。
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PHRASE
举止和年龄相称
If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
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PHRASE
成熟；发达
If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.
例句
Recycling is an issue that has come of age in Britain in the last decade.
回收利用是上个十年中被英国民众广泛认可的观念。
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PHRASE
成年;达到法定年龄
When someone comes of age, they become legally an adult.
例句
The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.
在埃迪达到法定年龄之前，该公司将委托他人代为经营。
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PHRASE
未到合法年龄的;未成年的
Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink.
例句
Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her.
因为她还未成年，她的父母仍然应为她负责。
...under age smoking.
未成年吸烟