old adj. (-er; -est; 表示兄弟姊妹關(guān)系時用 elder; eldest)。 1.老,上了年紀的,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〔通常用以加強其他形容詞語氣〕。 grow [get] old 老起來,上年紀。 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 活到老學到老;學無止境。 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。
Clippings from the old country-paper-cuts and stencil prints by yu ping and ren ping 風土情-于平任憑剪紙漏印版畫展
Most old countries have had agrarian disputes between landlords and tenants 大多古老國家在地主與佃農(nóng)之間有過農(nóng)地的糾紛。
China is an old country with a long history, there are many places to be worth seeing 中國是一個歷史悠久的古國,有很多地方值得一看。
A : china is an old country with a long history, there are many places to be worth seeing 中國是一個歷史悠久的古國,有很多地方值得一看。
China is an old country, its ancient people had knowledge of distant seas and of celestial navigation 中國是一個古老的國家。它的古代人民具有遠洋知識和天體導(dǎo)航知識。
He had fallen on his feet in buenos ayres, he said, and had come over to the old country just for a holiday 他說在布宜諾斯艾利斯他站穩(wěn)了腳跟,回到祖國只是為了度假。
It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses 這是個樸素的小房間,低矮的天花板,火爐敞開,郊區(qū)住宅的老套。
The work was hard and dangerous, but the pay was good compared to the wages in the old country 這項工作很艱苦,很危險,但是與這個國家過去的工資相比較,它的報酬還是很可觀的。
As lying in the old country of both ends of " silk road ", china has the traditional friendship with turkey 作為位于古老的“絲綢之路”兩端的國家,中國和土耳其有著傳統(tǒng)的友誼。
As was the case for many ethnic communities, life in strawberry hill at first resembled life in the old country 就像許多的種族社區(qū)一樣,草莓山丘一開始的生活,也跟原生國家的生活型態(tài)相去不遠。