old adj. (-er; -est; 表示兄弟姊妹關(guān)系時(shí)用 elder; eldest)。 1.老,上了年紀(jì)的,年老的 (opp. young); 衰老的,老邁的;老成的;老練的;熟練的。 2.…歲的;…久的。 3.古時(shí)的,古代的 (opp. modern); 古老的,積年的,陳年的,多年來(lái)的,舊交的;熟悉的。 4.(opp. new) 過(guò)去的,過(guò)時(shí)的;舊的;破舊的;用舊了的;舊式的,陳腐的。 5.〔口語(yǔ)〕親愛(ài)的,親密的。 6.〔口語(yǔ)〕極好的〔通常用以加強(qiáng)其他形容詞語(yǔ)氣〕。 grow [get] old 老起來(lái),上年紀(jì)。 How old is he 他多大歲數(shù)? He is eighteen years old. 他十八歲。 old in diplomacy 擅長(zhǎng)外交。 an old bachelor 老獨(dú)身漢。 old gaolbird 老囚犯;慣犯。 an old offender 慣犯。 an old friend 老朋友。 an old Oxonian 牛津大學(xué)的老校友。 old fashions 舊式。 old iron 廢鐵。 old jokes 陳腐的俏皮話(huà)。 old wine 陳年老酒。 the old country [home] 故鄉(xiāng)。 the old thing (老)家伙。 I had a fine old time.〔口語(yǔ)〕過(guò)得非常愉快。 an old head on young shoulders 少年老成。 any old thing 〔俚語(yǔ)〕隨便什么(東西)。 for an old song 非常便宜地。 for old sake's sake 因老交情。 in old time 在從前。 never too old to learn 活到老學(xué)到老;學(xué)無(wú)止境。 of old standing 多年的,由來(lái)已久的。 as old as the hill 很老。 old familiar faces 老相識(shí)(的人們)。 O- Lady of Threadneedle Street 〔英國(guó)〕 Bank of England 的別名。 old man of the sea 死纏著不走的人。 old ten in the hundred 高利貸。 the good old times (老人們所懷念的)過(guò)去。 the old gentleman =the old one 〔口語(yǔ)〕老頭兒,父親。 the old year 去年,就要過(guò)去的一年。 n. 1.古時(shí),往時(shí)。 2.…歲的人[動(dòng)物]。 3.[集合詞]老年的人們;〔the old〕古物;令人懷念的往事[風(fēng)俗(等)]。 the men of old 古代的人們。 four-year-olds 四歲的馬。 as of old 仍舊,照舊。 from of old 自昔,早就。 in days of old 從前,以前。 of old 從前的,往時(shí)的;從前是,(老早)以前是;自古,從老早以前。 old and young=y(tǒng)oung and old 無(wú)論老少。
The exported scotswoman, mrs. bickerton by name, ate heartly of one or two seasoned dishes, drank some sound old ale . 這位“出口的”蘇格蘭婦女,比克頓夫人,興致勃勃地吃了一兩盆時(shí)鮮菜,喝了些醇厚的陳年麥酒。
At least have a drink of our old ale; it will do you good : you seem weary 至少你得喝杯我們的陳年老酒吧這會(huì)對(duì)你好的你看來(lái)是疲倦了?!?i class="labawb" onClick="playMp3('sound_c_2')">
Rostov remembered sventsyany, because on the very day of his arrival there he had dismissed his quartermaster and did not know how to manage the men of his squadron, who had, without his knowledge, carried off five barrels of strong old ale and were all drunk 羅斯托夫記得斯文亞內(nèi),是因?yàn)樗M(jìn)入這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)的第一天就撤換了司務(wù)長(zhǎng),還因?yàn)樗麩o(wú)力應(yīng)付騎兵連的所有醉鬼,這些人瞞著他偷了五桶陳年啤酒。
East village reputedly contains the most varied assortment of ethnic restaurants in the city, from little indian eateries to mcsorley's old ale house, a pub that seems unchanged since it first opened in 1854, from sushi rolls to a slice of ukrainian taste, the village provides them all 據(jù)說(shuō),東村擁有該市種類(lèi)最為豐富的民族餐館,從印度小飯館到自1854年?duì)I業(yè)起就好像沒(méi)有什么變化的“麥克索利氏老啤酒屋”,從壽司卷到烏克蘭風(fēng)味,東村一應(yīng)俱全。