ADJ. early, young He was sent away to school at an early age. | advanced, great, old He was still active even at the advanced age of 87. White hair is a sign of great age. She dreaded old age. | middle a pleasant woman in early middle age | childbearing, pensionable, retirement, school, school-leaving, voting, working children of school age
VERB + AGE attain, get to, live to, reach When you get to my age you get a different perspective on life. She lived to the age of 75. | feel, look She was beginning to feel her age [= feel that she was getting old]. | lower, raise The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.
AGE + NOUN group, range | limit
PREP. at a/the ~ At your age, I had already started work. | between the ~s children between the ages of five and eleven | by the ~ He could read by the age of four. | for sb's ~ He's quite a big boy for his age. | over the ~ Twelve million people in Great Britain are over retirement age. | under ~ It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age [= not legally old enough]. | under the ~ It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18. | with ~ A lot of wines improve with age. | ~ of He left school at the age of 18.
PHRASES the age of consent The general age of consent for sexual activity is 16. | sb's own age She needs a friend of her own age to play with. | years of age He's 20 years of age. > See OLD AGE
2 period of history
ADJ. another, different This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age. | Elizabethan, Victorian, etc. | Bronze, Ice, Stone | computer, modern, nuclear, etc. | golden the golden age of cinema
PREP. during the ~ He lived during the Elizabethan age. | in a/the ~ In an age when few women became politicians, her career was unusual. | through the ~s an exhibition of spinning through the ages | ~ of the age of the wireless communication
PHRASES in this day and age [= in the period we now live in] Why dress so formally in this day and age?
3 ages/an age: a very long time
VERB + AGE spend, take It took an age for us all to get on the boat.
PHRASES absolutely ages I've been sitting here for absolutely ages. | ages ago Carlos left ages ago. | for ages We had to wait for ages!
TỪ ĐIỂN CỦA TÔITra Từ
Từ: age
/eidʤ/
Thêm vào từ điển của tôiDanh từdanh từ
tuổi
what is your age?
anh bao nhiêu tuổi?
to be twenty years of age
hai mươi tuổi
ví dụ khác
the age of discretion
tuổi khôn, tuổi biết suy xét rồi [14 tuổi]
over age
quá tuổi quy định
tuổi già, tuổi tác
back bent with age
lưng còng vì tuổi tác
thời đại, thời kỳ
the stone age
thời kỳ đồ đá
the golden age
thời kỳ hoàng kim
tuổi trưởng thành
to be [come] of age
đến tuổi trưởng thành
to be under age
chưa đến tuổi trưởng thành
[thông tục], [[thường] số nhiều] lâu lắm, hàng thế kỷ
I haven't seen him for ages
đã lâu lắm tôi không gặp anh ấy
thế hệ
Cụm từ/thành ngữ
to act [be] one's age
xử sự đúng lúc với bậc tuổi mình
age consent
[xem] consent
to beat one's well
già mà còn khoẻ, nom trẻ hơn tuổi
thành ngữ khác
a dog's age
a coon's age
[từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ] [thông tục] một thời gian dài, hàng thế kỷ
a green old age
tuổi già, tuổi già sung sướng
hoary age
tuổi già, tuổi hạc
the infitmities of age
những bệnh tật lúc tuổi già
to look one's age
[xem] look
Từ gần giống
message language engaged stage advantageTiếng Anh[sửa]
Cách phát âm[sửa]
Hoa Kỳ [trợ giúp · chi tiết] [ˈeɪdʒ]
Danh từ[sửa]
age /ˈeɪdʒ/
- Tuổi.what is your age? — anh bao nhiêu tuổi?to be twenty years of age — hai mươi tuổithe age of discretion — tuổi khôn, tuổi biết suy xét rồi [14 tuổi]over age — quá tuổi quy định
- Tuổi già, tuổi tác.back bent with age — lưng còng vì tuổi tác
- Thời đại, thời kỳ.the stone age — thời kỳ đồ đáthe golden age — thời kỳ hoàng kim
- Tuổi trưởng thành.to be [come] of age — đến tuổi trưởng thànhto be under age — chưa đến tuổi trưởng thành
- [Thông tục] , [[thường] số nhiều] lâu lắm, hàng thế kỷ.I haven't seen him for ages — đã lâu lắm tôi không gặp anh ấy
- Thế hệ.