old adj. (-er; -est; 表示兄弟姊妹關系時用 elder; eldest)。 1.老,上了年紀的,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.古時的,古代的 (opp. modern); 古老的,積年的,陳年的,多年來的,舊交的;熟悉的。 4.(opp. new) 過去的,過時的;舊的;破舊的;用舊了的;舊式的,陳腐的。 5.〔口語〕親愛的,親密的。 6.〔口語〕極好的〔通常用以加強其他形容詞語氣〕。 grow [get] old 老起來,上年紀。 How old is he 他多大歲數(shù)? He is eighteen years old. 他十八歲。 old in diplomacy 擅長外交。 an old bachelor 老獨身漢。 old gaolbird 老囚犯;慣犯。 an old offender 慣犯。 an old friend 老朋友。 an old Oxonian 牛津大學的老校友。 old fashions 舊式。 old iron 廢鐵。 old jokes 陳腐的俏皮話。 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〕過得非常愉快。 an old head on young shoulders 少年老成。 any old thing 〔俚語〕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 活到老學到老;學無止境。 of old standing 多年的,由來已久的。 as old as the hill 很老。 old familiar faces 老相識(的人們)。 O- Lady of Threadneedle Street 〔英國〕 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)過去。 the old gentleman =the old one 〔口語〕老頭兒,父親。 the old year 去年,就要過去的一年。 n. 1.古時,往時。 2.…歲的人[動物]。 3.[集合詞]老年的人們;〔the old〕古物;令人懷念的往事[風俗(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 無論老少。
old bags A [haggard], perpetually grumpy, good for nothing elderly woman. ; > Gertrude: "So Frank, did you hear about Walt's little doctor's visit? Seems the [rectal examination] made him a little bit squeamish. Let me tell you..." ; > Walt: "For Christ's sake! Shut up, you old bag, and grab me a [cold one]!" ;
I am already quite an old bachelor . 我已經(jīng)成了老光棍啦。
No man, for instance, went more regularly to church when in the country than the old bachelor . 例如,一到鄉(xiāng)下,這個老鰥夫總是按時上教堂,沒一個人比他更虔誠。
The old bachelor's den .-mm 單身貴族的窩-嗯
-the old bachelor's den .-mm -單身貴族的窩-嗯
A solitary old bachelor, answered mr . lorry, shaking his head . there is nobody to weep for me 羅瑞先生搖頭回答,“沒有人會為我哭泣的。”
This was an old bachelor, shinshin, a cousin of the countesss, famed in moscow drawing-rooms for his biting wit 這位客人是老光棍,伯爵夫人的堂兄,莫斯科的沙中常常議論他,都說他是個造謠中傷的人。
I am not fond of the prattle of children, he continued; for, old bachelor as i am, i have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp “我不大喜歡聽孩子咿咿呀呀,”他繼續(xù)說,“因為像我這樣的老單身漢,他們的喃喃細語,不會讓我引起愉快的聯(lián)想。
He leaves his wife to manage the inn; and as she is a woman of colour, a pair of old bachelors like you and i may be excused for guessing that it is the wife, quite as much as the health, that sends him back to roving 他讓妻子留下來經(jīng)營小酒店并且由于她是個黑人婦女,若讓像你我這樣的老光棍來猜測,使他重新去漂泊的原因,除健康因素外,這個老婆也是一方面,我們這樣認為是可以得到諒解的。
Very soon, my-that is, miss eyre : and you ll remember, jane, the first time i, or rumour, plainly intimated to you that it was my intention to put my old bachelor s neck into the sacred noose, to enter into the holy estate of matrimony-to take miss ingram to my bosom, in short she s an extensive armful : but that s not to the point-one can t have too much of such a very excellent thing as my beautiful blanche : well, as i was saying-listen to me, jane “很快,我的一,那就是,愛小姐,你還記得吧,簡,我第一次,或者說謠言明白向你表示,我有意把自己老單身漢的脖子套上神圣的繩索,進入圣潔的婚姻狀態(tài)把英格拉姆小姐摟入我的懷抱,總之她足足有一大抱,但那無關緊要像我漂亮的布蘭奇那樣的市民,是誰都不會嫌大的。是呀,就像我剛才說的聽我說,簡!