old adj. (-er; -est; 表示兄弟姊妹关系时用 elder; eldest)。 1.老,上了年纪的,年老的 (opp. young); 衰老的,老迈的;老成的;老练的;熟练的。 2.…岁的;…久的。 3.古时的,古代的 (opp. modern); 古老的,积年的,陈年的,多年来的,旧交的;熟悉的。 4.(opp. new) 过去的,过时的;旧的;破旧的;用旧了的;旧式的,陈腐的。 5.〔口语〕亲爱的,亲密的。 6.〔口语〕极好的〔通常用以加强其他形容词语气〕。 grow [get] old 老起来,上年纪。 How old is he 他多大岁数? He is eighteen years old. 他十八岁。 old in diplomacy 擅长外交。 an old bachelor 老独身汉。 old gaolbird 老囚犯;惯犯。 an old offender 惯犯。 an old friend 老朋友。 an old Oxonian 牛津大学的老校友。 old fashions 旧式。 old iron 废铁。 old jokes 陈腐的俏皮话。 old wine 陈年老酒。 the old country [home] 故乡。 the old thing (老)家伙。 I had a fine old time.〔口语〕过得非常愉快。 an old head on young shoulders 少年老成。 any old thing 〔俚语〕随便什么(东西)。 for an old song 非常便宜地。 for old sake's sake 因老交情。 in old time 在从前。 never too old to learn 活到老学到老;学无止境。 of old standing 多年的,由来已久的。 as old as the hill 很老。 old familiar faces 老相识(的人们)。 O- Lady of Threadneedle Street 〔英国〕 Bank of England 的别名。 old man of the sea 死缠着不走的人。 old ten in the hundred 高利贷。 the good old times (老人们所怀念的)过去。 the old gentleman =the old one 〔口语〕老头儿,父亲。 the old year 去年,就要过去的一年。 n. 1.古时,往时。 2.…岁的人[动物]。 3.[集合词]老年的人们;〔the old〕古物;令人怀念的往事[风俗(等)]。 the men of old 古代的人们。 four-year-olds 四岁的马。 as of old 仍旧,照旧。 from of old 自昔,早就。 in days of old 从前,以前。 of old 从前的,往时的;从前是,(老早)以前是;自古,从老早以前。 old and young=young and old 无论老少。
The old salt was boasting about his adventures to little tom . 那个老水手在对小汤姆夸耀他的冒险经历。
The old salt . the old prospector 一个老水手.老淘金客
The bacteria, which were extracted from tiny pockets of water trapped in 250million-year old salt crystals, were revived in the laboratory and grown successfully into colonies 细菌是从已有2.5亿年之久的盐的晶体中的小水点里分离出来的,它们在实验室里存活了下来,而且还成功地繁殖成为菌群。
Between silver and myself we go together in a few days a company of the toughest old salt imaginable-not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit 西尔弗和我本人,我们一起在几天的时间里就集合到了一伙不可想像的最坚韧的老船员不是徒有其表,而是从他们的脸上就可看出他们是最不屈不挠的朋友。
The bacteria, which were extracted from tiny pockets of water trapped in 250million old salt crystals, were revived in the laboratory and grown successfully into colonies . although it is not known how the bacteria survived so long, these salt 细菌是从已有2.5亿年之久的盐的晶体中的小水点里分离出来的,它们在实验室里存活了下来,而且还成功地繁殖成为菌群。
Added to which was the coincidence of meeting, discussion, dance, row, old salt, of the here today and gone tomorrow type, night loafers, the whole galaxy of events, all went to make up a miniature cameo of the world we live in, especially as the lives of the submerged tenth, viz ., 再加上他们萍水相逢,一道谈论,跳舞,争吵,同这些行踪不定的老水手,夜间的流浪者们,令人眼花缭乱的一连串事件都凑在一起,构成了我们所生活的这个世界的雏形浮雕。尤其是近来对“十分之一的底层阶级”184,也就是煤矿工人潜水员清道夫等等的生活,正做着精密的调查。
On more than one occasion-a dozen at the lowest-near the north bull at dollymount he had remarked a superannuated old salt, evidently derelict, seated habitually near the not particularly redolent sea on the wall, staring quite obliviously at it and it at him, dreaming of fresh woods and pastures new as someone somewhere sings 此人显然无依无靠,惯常坐在堤岸边上,靠近并不一定会引起美好联想的大海,十分明显地和大海相互瞪着眼,梦想着生气勃勃的森林和鲜嫩的牧场98,就像某人在某处歌唱过的那样。这使他纳闷老人为什么要这样。
People were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a fine excitement in a quiet country life; and there was even a party of the younger me who pretended to admire him, calling him a true sea-dog, and a real old salt, and suchlike names, and saying there was the sort of man that made england terrible at sea 人们当时是受了惊吓,可回过头来看,他们相当喜欢这样。在安静的乡村生活中,这是很好的兴奋剂。这里甚至有一群年轻人声称崇拜他,称他是“货真价实的船员”“真正的老水手”,以及诸如此类的称呼,还说正是因为有他这样的人,英格兰才称雄海上。