old age

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 ōld āj

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward. uncountable
    — People often become hard of hearing in old age.
  2. A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age. uncountable

词汇关系

反义词
youth

词源

From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).
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