aged
adjective
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd//eɪdʒd/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd//eɪdʒd/agedadjective(AGE)
A2[before noun]uk/eɪdʒd/us/eɪdʒd/
of theageof:
…岁They've got onedaughter, Isabel, aged three.他们有个女儿，叫伊莎贝尔，3岁了。
- This TVseriesisintendedforyoungpeopleaged 13 to 18.
- Thecompetitionisopento anyone aged 18 or over.
- Simson, aged 19, wasconvictedon twochargesofburglary.
- About 23% of men and women aged 25 to 34 said they hadlivedwith apartnerwithout gettingmarried.
- If you are ahealthymaleaged between 35 and 40, you could takepartinourmedicalresearch.
Describing age & birthdays
- age
- age group
- age limit
- babyboomer
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc.idiom
- gone
- junior
- millennial
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of40, 50, etc.idiom
- ripe
- senior
- something
- spring chicken
- take years offsomeoneidiom
- teens
- this side ofsomethingidiom
- twenty-first
agedadjective(OLD)
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/
old:
年老的She has tworatheragedaunts.她有两位年迈的姑姑。
having lived for many years
- oldHe was an old man.
- elderlyA large number of elderly people live alone.
- the elderlyMany among the elderly cannot afford to pay their electricity bills.
- agedHe has to look after his aged aunt.
- ageingUKThe ageing chairman was forced to retire.
Describing people who are old
- ageing
- ageless
- as old as Methuselahidiom
- auntie
- be (as) old as the hillsidiom
- for a man/woman/person of his/her yearsidiom
- gaga
- geriatric
- grand old ageidiom
- gray
- grey
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- have one foot in the graveidiom
- hoary
- Methuselah
- sprightliness
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated
- year
aged
noun[plural]
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/the aged
oldpeoplewhenconsideredas agroup:
老年人Thehospitalwasbuilttomeettheneedsof the aged.这所医院是为了满足老年人的需要而建立的。
Synonym
theelderly
Opposites
theyoung
youth(YOUNG PEOPLE)
The elderly
- a ripe old ageidiom
- age
- ageism
- ageist
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- infirmity
- nonagenarian
- OAP
- pension fund
- pensioner
- rest home
- senility
- the gray dollar
- the grey market
- the grey pound