old age

英 [ˌəʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

美 [ˌoʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

n.  老年; 暮年

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 老年；暮年
  the time of your life when you are old
  1. Old age can bring many problems.
     人老麻烦多。
  2. He lived alone in his old age .
     他孑然一身度过晚年。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 老年；晚年
  Yourold ageis the period of years towards the end of your life.
  1. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age...
     他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
  2. In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
     这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• N-UNCOUNT 老龄；衰老；垂暮
  Old ageis the quality or state of being old and near the end of one's life.
  1. In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem...
     在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。
  2. He is unable to travel much because of old age.
     他年事已高，不能频繁出游。

英英释义

noun

• a late time of life
  1. old age is not for sissies
  2. he's showing his years
  3. age hasn't slowed him down at all
  4. a beard white with eld
  5. on the brink of geezerhood
  Synonym:yearsageeldgeezerhood

双语例句

• In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
  这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• The old man spent his old age in contentment.
  那位老人晚年过得很称心。
• In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
  他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。
• I never dreamt that I would spend my old age in such comfort and happiness.
  我做梦也没想到我能过这样舒适幸福的晚年。
• He saved money against old age.
  他攒钱防老。
• In her old age, my aunt had contracted a strong friendship with a retired sea-captain.
  我姨妈在老年时和一个退休了的船长结下了深厚的友谊。
• There were young people around, which took away the loneliness of old age.
  跟前有了年轻人，就消除了晚年的寂寞。
• Now's the time to salt something away for your old age.
  现在是你储存点东西防老的时候了。
• These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
  这些人似乎以为自己读了几本关于老年人的书就可以算作专家了。
• Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
  玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。