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(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。 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(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 old salt was boasting about his adventures to little tom . 那個(gè)老水手在對(duì)小湯姆夸耀他的冒險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷。
The old salt . the old prospector 一個(gè)老水手.老淘金客
The bacteria, which were extracted from tiny pockets of water trapped in 250million-year old salt crystals, were revived in the laboratory and grown successfully into colonies 細(xì)菌是從已有2.5億年之久的鹽的晶體中的小水點(diǎn)里分離出來的,它們?cè)趯?shí)驗(yàn)室里存活了下來,而且還成功地繁殖成為菌群。
Between silver and myself we go together in a few days a company of the toughest old salt imaginable-not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit 西爾弗和我本人,我們一起在幾天的時(shí)間里就集合到了一伙不可想像的最堅(jiān)韌的老船員不是徒有其表,而是從他們的臉上就可看出他們是最不屈不撓的朋友。
The bacteria, which were extracted from tiny pockets of water trapped in 250million old salt crystals, were revived in the laboratory and grown successfully into colonies . although it is not known how the bacteria survived so long, these salt 細(xì)菌是從已有2.5億年之久的鹽的晶體中的小水點(diǎn)里分離出來的,它們?cè)趯?shí)驗(yàn)室里存活了下來,而且還成功地繁殖成為菌群。
Added to which was the coincidence of meeting, discussion, dance, row, old salt, of the here today and gone tomorrow type, night loafers, the whole galaxy of events, all went to make up a miniature cameo of the world we live in, especially as the lives of the submerged tenth, viz ., 再加上他們萍水相逢,一道談?wù)?,跳舞,?zhēng)吵,同這些行蹤不定的老水手,夜間的流浪者們,令人眼花繚亂的一連串事件都湊在一起,構(gòu)成了我們所生活的這個(gè)世界的雛形浮雕。尤其是近來對(duì)“十分之一的底層階級(jí)”184,也就是煤礦工人潛水員清道夫等等的生活,正做著精密的調(diào)查。
On more than one occasion-a dozen at the lowest-near the north bull at dollymount he had remarked a superannuated old salt, evidently derelict, seated habitually near the not particularly redolent sea on the wall, staring quite obliviously at it and it at him, dreaming of fresh woods and pastures new as someone somewhere sings 此人顯然無依無靠,慣常坐在堤岸邊上,靠近并不一定會(huì)引起美好聯(lián)想的大海,十分明顯地和大海相互瞪著眼,夢(mèng)想著生氣勃勃的森林和鮮嫩的牧場(chǎng)98,就像某人在某處歌唱過的那樣。這使他納悶老人為什么要這樣。
People were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a fine excitement in a quiet country life; and there was even a party of the younger me who pretended to admire him, calling him a true sea-dog, and a real old salt, and suchlike names, and saying there was the sort of man that made england terrible at sea 人們當(dāng)時(shí)是受了驚嚇,可回過頭來看,他們相當(dāng)喜歡這樣。在安靜的鄉(xiāng)村生活中,這是很好的興奮劑。這里甚至有一群年輕人聲稱崇拜他,稱他是“貨真價(jià)實(shí)的船員”“真正的老水手”,以及諸如此類的稱呼,還說正是因?yàn)橛兴@樣的人,英格蘭才稱雄海上。