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。
An old stager : greatgrandfather : he knows the ropes 它是個(gè)曾祖父,挺在行哩。懂得竅門。
Adversary is an old stager, and is successive murderer or manslayer 對(duì)手是老手,是連續(xù)殺人犯
"why, how could you make such a mistake-such an old stager ? “咦,您怎么會(huì)走錯(cuò)這一步的呢象你這樣的一個(gè)老狐貍精?”
The irrepressible bloom, who also had a shrewd suspicion that the old stager went out on a manoeuvre after the counterattraction in the shape of a female, who, however, had disappeared to all intents and purposes, could, by straining, just perceive him, when duly refreshed by his rum puncheon exploit, gazing up at the piers and girders of the loop line, rather out of his depth, as of course it was all radically altered since his last visit and greatly improved 他定睛一看,才勉強(qiáng)辨認(rèn)出那個(gè)灌了一肚子朗姆酒精神隨之而振的水手,正毋寧說是出神地仰望著環(huán)行線的陸橋橋墩和縱梁。當(dāng)然自從他最后一次踏訪,這里已大大地改建,面目一新了??床灰娦斡暗哪橙嘶蚰承┤税涯凶有”愠刂附o他看,那是衛(wèi)生委員會(huì)為了衛(wèi)生而到處蓋起來的。