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,多年來的,舊交的;熟悉的。 4.(opp. new) 過去的,過時(shí)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(qiáng)其他形容詞語氣〕。 grow [get] old 老起來,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。 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(xué)到老;學(xué)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(shí)(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(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 無論老少。
The damp in the air makes my old bones hurt . 空氣中的濕氣使我老骨作痛。
I 'm afraid he will never make old bones . 我看他活不長。
He would be gone before my old bones would take me downstairs . 我這把老骨頭沒下樓,他就走了。
I'll tell you, these old bones could sure use a respite 讓我告訴各位,那些老骨頭一定會(huì)萬般阻撓
Sure i'm a gnawed old bone now but don't you guys think the spirit's gone 當(dāng)然我現(xiàn)在就剩把老骨頭了但你們不要以為我的精神也會(huì)隨之消沉
Besides, nana said she didn t want to make old bones; it wouldn t be amusing 不過,娜娜聲稱,她不愿活到那樣一把老骨頭,人老就沒意思了。
What are the causes ? our bone is a dynamic organ . new bone tissue is being made while old bone tissue is being broken down 骨骼是一個(gè)動(dòng)態(tài)的器官,身體會(huì)不停制造新的骨組織,而舊的骨組織會(huì)被分解及取代。
Anyway, as i was sayin \', i took a look \'round the room . nothin \'in here \'cept some old bones, maybe from an old battle down here from gods know when 總之,像我剛才說的一樣,我檢查了一下這個(gè)房間。這里除了一堆白骨之外沒有別的東西了,這里沒準(zhǔn)曾經(jīng)發(fā)生過戰(zhàn)爭,不過我想只有上帝才會(huì)知道是什么時(shí)候。
An examination of old bones has led scientists to suggest that sperm whales diving deep beneath the surface of the ocean can suffer from decompression sickness or the bends just as human divers do 一項(xiàng)關(guān)于對(duì)古老骨頭的研究引發(fā)了科學(xué)家提出了抹香鯨當(dāng)潛入海面以下時(shí)會(huì)和人類潛水員一樣遭受減壓病,或者稱氣栓癥的設(shè)想。
As we get past around age of 30, the process of new bone formation began to slow down relative to the process of old bone removal . this means that more bone cells are removed than new ones added, leading to gradual loss of bone mass 當(dāng)我們的年齡超過三十歲以后,制造骨組織的速度會(huì)開始相對(duì)減慢,意思就是被分解的骨組織比新制造的骨組織為多,導(dǎo)致骨質(zhì)慢慢流失。