old

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n. 以前, 往昔 a. 老的, 旧的, 古老的, 年长的, 老练的

发音

UK /əʊld/
UK /ɒʊɫd/
UK /əwld/
其它 /əwld/
UK /ɔw(ɫ)d/
其它 /ɔw(ɫ)d/
UK /ˈɔld/
其它 /ˈɔld/
SCOT /old/
SCOT /oɫd/
其它 /ould/
其它 /ouɫd/
其它 /aːd/
其它 /aʊld/
CA /ˈoʊld/
US /ˈoʊld/
CA /ˈoːɫd/
US /ˈoːɫd/
AU /əʉld/
AU /əʉɫd/
NZ /ɐʉld/
NZ /ɒʊ(ɫ)d/

词形变化

olds 复数 elder eldest older 比较级 older oldest elder 比较级 oldest 最高级 eldest 最高级 oldermost 最高级

别名

ol ol' ole owld aad oul oul' ould olde aud aul auld wold

教材释义与例句

名词

古时

形容词

陈旧的，古老的；年老的

something that is old has existed or been used for a long time

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

    可数 仅复数 不可数

    A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.

  2. 2.

    A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    Near-synonyms: geezer, oldie, oldster; see also Thesaurus:old person

    I'm not letting an old wreck my good time today.

    I'm not letting any olds wreck my good time today.

  3. 3.

    One's parents.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.

  4. 4.

    A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

    澳大利亚 不可数 可数
adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    旧

    古老

    an old abandoned building

    an old friend

  2. 2.

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

    老

    年老的

    老年的

    a wrinkled old man

  3. 3.

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.

    an old loaf of bread

  4. 4.

    Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

    Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.

    the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees

    Basque is the oldest language in Europe

  5. 5.

    Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

    I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

  6. 6.

    Having existed or lived for the specified time.

    岁

    How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.

    My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.

  7. 7.

    Of an earlier time.

    Former, previous.

    前

    My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians

  8. 8.

    Of an earlier time.

    That is no longer in existence.

    The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

  9. 9.

    Of an earlier time.

    Obsolete; out-of-date.

    过时的

    That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.

  10. 10.

    Of an earlier time.

    Familiar.

    When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.

  11. 11.

    Of an earlier time.

    Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.

    英国
  12. 12.

    Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

    Your constant pestering is getting old.

  13. 13.

    Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

  14. 14.

    A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.

    We're having a good old time.

    My next car will be a big old SUV.

    My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.

    Look at Murphy playing with newest old favorite toy; he loves it!

    any old

  15. 15.

    Indicating affection and familiarity.

    非正式
  16. 16.

    Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.

  17. 17.

    Excessive, abundant.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

past yesteryear
形容词

同义词 10

great older former sometime previous swell keen neat bully cracking

反义词 2

new young

近义相关 10

good used past early older ancient familiar yellow senior gray

参见 10

past senior experienced worn mature stale unfashionable experient noncurrent nonmodern

相关短语

old-fashioned a. 旧式的, 过时的, 保守的, 大人模样的 old-timer n. 老前辈, 老手, 旧式的人 old-time a. 从前的, 旧式的, 老练的 old-timey a. (=old-time)<口>旧时的,过去的,古色古香的,激起怀旧情怀的,老资格的 old age [医]老年期，老龄 Old Norse na. 古诺斯语；古冰岛语 [网络] 古北欧语；古诺尔斯语；古斯堪的纳维亚语 old boy 老生；（招呼用）老朋友 old fashioned 古典鸡尾酒 old lady n. 老妇人, 母亲; 老太太 old man n. 非正式用语; 有些人称它们的父亲、丈夫或男性朋友为“老头儿”; 老爸; 丈夫 （非正式用语） Old Testament 基督教的《旧约全书》 old guard 保守派 old girl n. 女校友; 老太婆; 姑娘, 大姐（用于打招呼） old master n. （早期的）绘画大师, 早期绘画大师的作品 old money [法] 继承祖先遗产的

词源

Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aald, auld (“old”), Yola yola, yolaw, yold, yole (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, uuil, uul, üülj (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Alemannic German altu, oalt, oalts, olt, àltà (“old”), Bavarian oid (“old”), Central Franconian alt, aod, auw, oot (“old”), Cimbrian, German alt (“old”), Dutch oud, oudt (“old”), German Low German old, oolt (“old”), Luxembourgish al (“old”), Mòcheno òlt (“old”), Vilamovian aołd (“old”), Yiddish אַלט (alt, “old”), Danish ældre (“elderly”), Faroese eldri (“elder, older”), Icelandic aldinn (“old”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk eldre (“elderly”), Swedish äldre (“elderly”), Crimean Gothic alt (“old”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis, “old”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

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