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,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(fēng)俗(等)]。
短語和例子
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。
of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" 同義詞:previous,
skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" 同義詞:older,
(used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
(used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" 同義詞:honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough,
belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" 同義詞:erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime,
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'')
其他語種釋義
oldとは意味:1old n. 《文語》 昔, 往時. 【前置詞+】 ◆as of old 昔のように from of old 昔から, 古くから men of old 昔の人 in days of old 昔, 以前は like the Athenians of old 昔のアテネ人のように It has been said from of old that all roads lead to Rom...