ageing
adjective
UK(USaging)uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/relatingto gettingolder:
衰老的，變老的；老化的the ageingprocess衰老的過程
used todescribeapersonor thing that is gettingold:
年老的；老化的；过时的an ageingHollywoodactor上了年纪的好莱坞演员
ageingcomputers/machinery落伍的电脑／老化的机器
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.
Physically and mentally mature & immature
- adult
- adulting
- babyish
- childish
- childishly
- immature
- immaturity
- infantile
- juvenile
- make a man (out) ofsomeoneidiom
- mature
- maturity
- overgrown
- petulance
- petulant
- petulantly
- post-adolescent
- puerility
- sophomoric
- young at heartidiom
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Describing people who are old
Old or old-fashioned