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词汇归类： CET4,TEM4,考研,CET6,高频词,基本词汇

近义词： mature,ancient,antique,aged,elderly

反义词： fashionable,fresh,modern,young,new

old词义

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adj. 陈旧的，古老的；年老的n. 古时n. (Old)人名；(英)奥尔德

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比较级: older;最高级: oldest;

中文词源

old 老的

来自古英语ald,来自PIE*al,生长，成长，词源同adult,adolescent,elder.-d,过去分词后缀。即长大了的，变老的。

old双语例句

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1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.: 不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

2. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.: 总的来说，当今的老年人依然相对贫困。

3. Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.: 道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。

4. At 54 years old her energy and looks are magnificent.: 她54岁了，精力和气色都非常好。

5. She acted in her firstfilm when she was 13 years old.: 13岁时她出演了她的电影处女作。

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old: old: [OE] Etymologically, old means ‘grown-up’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *altha (source also of German alt and Dutch oud) which was a past-participial adjective formed from the base of a verb meaning ‘grow, nourish’. (A precisely similar formation from the related Latin verb adolēscere ‘grow’ has given English adult, and Latin altus ‘high’ – source of English altitude [14] – was originally a past-participial adjective too, derived from alēre ‘nourish’, although it has metaphoricized ‘growing’ to ‘height’ rather than ‘age’.) Elderly and the comparative and superlative elder, eldest come ultimately from the same source. World began life as a compound noun of which the noun *ald- ‘age’, a relative of old, formed the second element.
=> adult, altitude, elder, world
old (adj.): Old English ald (Anglian), eald (West Saxon) "aged, antique, primeval; elder, experienced," from Proto-Germanic *althaz "grown up, adult" (cognates: Old Frisian ald, Gothic alþeis, Dutch oud, German alt), originally a past participle stem of a verb meaning "grow, nourish" (compare Gothic alan "to grow up," Old Norse ala "to nourish"), from PIE root *al- (3) "to grow, nourish" (cognates: Greek aldaino "make grow, strengthen," althein, althainein "to get well;" Latin alere "to feed, nourish, bring up, increase," altus "high," literally "grown tall," almus "nurturing, nourishing," alumnus "fosterling, step-child;" Old Irish alim "I nourish").

The usual PIE root is *sen- (see senior (adj.)). A few Indo-European languages distinguish words for "old" (vs. young) from words for "old" (vs. new), and some have separate words for aged persons as opposed to old things. Latin senex was used of aged living things, mostly persons, while vetus (literally "having many years") was used of inanimate things. Greek geraios was used mostly of humans; Greek palaios was used mostly of things, of persons only in a derogatory sense. Greek also had arkhaios, literally "belonging to the beginning," which parallels French ancien, used mostly with reference to things "of former times."

Old English also had fyrn "ancient," related to Old English feor "far, distant" (see far, and compare Gothic fairneis, Old Norse forn "old, of old, of former times," Old High German firni "old, experienced"). The original Old English vowel is preserved in Scots auld, also in alderman. The original comparative and superlative (elder, eldest) are retained in particular uses.

First record of old-timer is from 1860. Expression old as the hills first recorded 1819. The good old days dates from 1828. Of old "of old times" is from late 14c. Old maid "woman who remains single well beyond the usual marrying age" is from 1520s; the card game is attested by that name from 1844. Old man "man who has lived long" is from c. 1200; sense of "husband, father, boss" is from 1854, earlier (1830) it was military slang for "commanding officer;" old lady "wife, mother" is attested from c. 1775. Old English is attested from 1701, originally as a type of font. Old boy originally was a former pupil of one of the English public schools. Old Testament attested from mid-14c.

old实用场景例句

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The baby was only a few hours old.: 婴儿才出生几个小时。

In those days most people left school when they were only fifteen years old.: 那时候，大多数人上学只上到十五岁。

At thirty years old, he was already earning £40 000 a year.: 他三十岁时已拿到4万英镑的年薪了。

two fourteen-year-old boys: 两个十四岁的男孩

a class for five-year-olds (= children who are five): 为五岁儿童开的班

I didn't think she was old enough for the responsibility.: 我认为她尚年轻，不足以担当此任。

How old is this building?: 这座建筑已有多少年了？

He's the oldest player in the team.: 他是队里年龄最大的队员。

...a white-haired old man...: 白发老人

He was considered too old for the job.: 他被认为年纪太大,不适合做这份工作。

He was abandoned by his father when he was three months old...: 他3个月大的时候被父亲遗弃了。

The paintings in the chapel were perhaps a thousand years old...: 小教堂里的这些画可能有1,000年的历史了。

She loved the big old house...: 她喜欢这幢古老的大房子。

These books must be very old.: 这些书肯定有好些年头了。

He took a bunch of keys from the pocket of his old corduroy trousers.: 他从破旧的灯芯绒裤子口袋里掏出一串钥匙。

...an old toothbrush.: 一把旧牙刷

The old road had disappeared under grass and heather...: 从前的那条路已经消失在杂草和欧石南丛中。

Although the old secret police have been abolished, the military police still exist...: 虽然旧时的秘密警察业已废除，但宪兵队依然存在。

I'll make up the bed in your old room...: 我会把你原来房间的床铺整理好。

I still have affection for my old school...: 我依然眷恋着母校。

I called my old friend John Horner...: 我给老朋友约翰·霍纳打了电话。

Mr Brownson, I assure you King's an old enemy of mine...: 布朗森先生，我向你保证金是我的老冤家。

Are you all right, old chap?...: 你还好吗，老家伙？

Good old Bergen would do him the favor.: 好心肠的老伯根会帮他这个忙的。

Any old paper will do...: 随便一张旧报纸就行。

The portraits and sumptuous ornaments, and the gold clock, show that this is not just any old front room.: 墙上挂的画像、奢华的装饰和那座金钟都表明这可不是一间普普通通的客厅。

In the old days we got a visit from the vet maybe once a year.: 以前，兽医大概每年来我们这里出诊一次。

He remembers the good old days when everyone in his village knew him and you could leave your door open at night.: 他还记得村里人互相熟识、可以夜不闭户的美好往昔。

...the warrior knights of old.: 旧时骁勇善战的骑士

...a programme of work to recreate the Sherwood Forest of old.: 重现古时舍伍德森林的工程

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