old
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əʊld]
- 美式音标 [oʊld]
- 国际音标 [əuld]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 陈旧的,古老的;年老的
- n. 古时
- n. (Old)人名;(英)奥尔德
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的ald,意为年长的。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- olden:古时的,往昔的。
- oldish:稍旧的;稍老的。
- n性质的同根词
- oldness:年老;陈腐;陈旧。
- vi性质的同根词
- olden:变老。
- vt性质的同根词
- olden:使变老。
用法辨析
- old的基本意思是“老的,年老的”,指人或动物的生命接近结束; 也可指某物存在或使用了相当长的一段时间,即“古老的,古代的,陈旧的”。old还可指某人或某物处于“…年龄的”。引申可指“早已认识的,熟悉的”“以前的,从前的”“有经验的,老练的”等。old有时还可以用于表示一种亲密的关系。
- ...years old作“…岁”解时old须置于years之后,除用于人外,也可用于物。
- the old可泛指“老年人”,这时谓语动词应该用复数形式,但在一定上下文中也可以指某个人,这时谓语动词须用单数形式。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- The old man is willing to pledge for him.
那位老人愿意为他担保。 - Ourselves no longer young, we can sympathize with those who are old.
我们自己不再年轻了,我们能同情老人。 - That child seems old beyond his years.
那个孩子看上去比他的实际年龄老成。 - I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.
我认为他的年龄太大不适于再结婚。 - The old and the young do not always understand each other.
老年人和年轻人并非总能彼此理解。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
S+be+~+to- v
其他: as n.
词组短语
- old lady 老太婆
- old maid 老处女
- old man 情人;丈夫;老头子;父亲
- old school 母校
- old students 从前的学生
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (NOT YOUNG/NEW) having lived or existed for many years
- (WHAT AGE) used to describe or ask about someone's age
- (FROM THE PAST) from a period in the past
- (LANGUAGE) a language when it was in an early stage in its development
- (VERY FAMILIAR) (especially of a friend) known for a long time
- old people considered together as a group
- Someone who is old has lived for many years and is no longer young.
- The old are people who are old.
- You use old to talk about how many days, weeks, months, or years someone or something has lived or existed.
- Something that is old has existed for a long time.
- Something that is old is no longer in good condition because of its age or because it has been used a lot.
- You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else.
- You use old to refer to something that used to belong to you, or to a person or thing that used to have a particular role in your life.
- An old friend, enemy, or rival is someone who has been your friend, enemy, or rival for a long time.
- You can use old to express affection when talking to or about someone you know.
- You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is. /
- In the old days means in the past, before things changed.
- When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
- good old&rarrsee good
- to settle an old score&rarrsee score
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专业释义
- 老年
It is very important to improve the health of the old people.
保障中老年人健康是刻不容缓的工作。计算机科学技术
- 旧的
- 开环阻尼 (open loop damping)