old age

英 [ˌəʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

美 [ˌoʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

n.  老年; 暮年

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 老年；暮年
  the time of your life when you are old
  1. Old age can bring many problems.
     人老麻烦多。
  2. He lived alone in his old age .
     他孑然一身度过晚年。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 老年；晚年
  Yourold ageis the period of years towards the end of your life.
  1. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age...
     他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
  2. In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
     这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• N-UNCOUNT 老龄；衰老；垂暮
  Old ageis the quality or state of being old and near the end of one's life.
  1. In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem...
     在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。
  2. He is unable to travel much because of old age.
     他年事已高，不能频繁出游。

英英释义

noun

• a late time of life
  1. old age is not for sissies
  2. he's showing his years
  3. age hasn't slowed him down at all
  4. a beard white with eld
  5. on the brink of geezerhood
  Synonym:yearsageeldgeezerhood

双语例句

• His health degenerated with disease and old age.
  他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
• There were young people around, which took away the loneliness of old age.
  跟前有了年轻人，就消除了晚年的寂寞。
• In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
  这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• In her old age, my aunt had contracted a strong friendship with a retired sea-captain.
  我姨妈在老年时和一个退休了的船长结下了深厚的友谊。
• They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age
  他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• Now's the time to salt something away for your old age.
  现在是你储存点东西防老的时候了。
• Incontinence is not just a condition of old age.
  大小便失禁不仅仅是一种老年病。
• Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
  玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
• He is laying aside [ laying by] money for his old age.
  他在积储钱以备晚年之用。