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)]。
短语和例子
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。
of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" 同义词:previous,
skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" 同义词:older,
(used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
(used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" 同义词:honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough,
belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" 同义词:erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime,
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'')
其他语种释义
oldとは意味:1old n. 《文語》 昔, 往時. 【前置詞+】 ◆as of old 昔のように from of old 昔から, 古くから men of old 昔の人 in days of old 昔, 以前は like the Athenians of old 昔のアテネ人のように It has been said from of old that all roads lead to Rom...