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。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• 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。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• The old man is willing to pledge for him.
  那位老人愿意为他担保。

用作表语: S+be+～

• 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。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

• That child seems old beyond his years.
  那个孩子看上去比他的实际年龄老成。

S+be+～+to- v

• 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。

其他: as n.

• 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。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• 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

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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• You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else.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

医药科学

• 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)