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(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。
In poetry, certainly, the old figures have continued to produce distinguished work . 誠然,在詩歌方面,老一輩詩人還在生產(chǎn)卓越的作品。
So roger chillingworth - a deformed old figure , with a face that haunted men s memories longer than they liked - took leave of hester prynne , and went stooping away along the earth 就這樣,羅杰靈渥斯那個(gè)身材畸形的老人,他那張面孔會(huì)長時(shí)間地縈繞在人們的腦海,想忘都忘不掉離開了海絲特白蘭,一路彎著腰走開了。
The door of the box must have remained open , for the marquis de chouard , who had gone out in order to leave his seat to the visitors , was back again . he was straightening up his tall , old figure . his face looked soft and white under a broad - brimmed hat , and with his restless eyes he followed the movements of the women who passed 包廂的門只好一直開著,因?yàn)閯偛诺率姘柡罹舭炎约旱奈恢米尳o來訪者,出去還沒回來,他站在包廂外,挺著高大的老人身軀,他的臉在寬邊帽子下顯得松弛而又蒼白。